JOGGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jogging mean? 

• JOGGING (noun)
  The noun JOGGING has 1 sense:

1. running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise

  Familiarity information: JOGGING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOGGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jogging" is a kind of...):

cardiopulmonary exercise (exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system)

Derivation:

jog (run at a moderately swift pace)

jog (run for exercise)

 Context examples 

“The four forest lads must be jogging soon,” she said.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After a knee replacement, you will no longer be able to do certain activities, such as jogging and high-impact sports.

(Knee Replacement, NIH)

With a hip replacement, you might need to avoid certain activities, such as jogging and high-impact sports.

(Hip Replacement, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

“Your employer, you know,” said Mr. Dick, jogging his arm as a gentle reminder.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Endurance, or aerobic, activities increase your breathing and heart rate. Brisk walking or jogging, dancing, swimming, and biking are examples.

(Exercise for Seniors, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

With him came Aylward and Hordle John, armed as of old, but mounted for their journey upon a pair of clumsy Landes horses, heavy-headed and shambling, but of great endurance, and capable of jogging along all day, even when between the knees of the huge archer, who turned the scale at two hundred and seventy pounds.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)