JOGGED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

jogged

verb

past tense of jog

as in trotted

to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

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Recent Examples of jogged Almost immediately after the singer concluded, both teams jogged back onto the floor. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Snell jogged back to the mound with a lead for the first time. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 As part of Gilroy’s clever structure, Alex’s memories get jogged during different performing sessions, with different pieces of music, so that each flashback gets its own emotional register. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 After a fourth-and-1 stop by the defense, quarterback Bryce Young and the Panthers offense jogged back onto the field with one minute left in the contest on their own 17 yard-line. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026 Walker, the team’s $20 million first baseman, went 0-for-9 and jogged out a groundball during the ninth inning of a one-run loss Saturday. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 The 47-year-old, a first-year player with the Jaguars who has resuscitated his football career decades after most players hang up their cleats, dutifully jogged out to his spot at right defensive end and got into his stance. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026 Back up in his own end zone, Robinson blew past outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, made the snag from Tagovailoa and jogged the rest of the way to the goal line. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Chad Williams jogged back toward Blue Lakes, appearing to glance for pursuers around the charging station’s wall, Watters’ video showed. — Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Just after the sun melted into the sea a deer trotted by, followed by its more nervous baby.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
In the 10th, automatic runner Joey Ortiz advanced on a bunt and trotted home when Frelick bounced a single to right field off Grant Wolfram (6-4).

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of trotted

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The Chiefs had no answer for Smith-Njigba, who bobbed and weaved his way through the defense for nine catches, 150 yards and a touchdown.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of bobbed

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Hyperscalers will spend $800 billion this year on chips, data centers, and the power to run them, propping up GDP growth.

— Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
At the racetrack, the horses ran, and Crawford hosted members at the Ruidoso Jockey Club, where private tables cost as much as six figures.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran

Verb

Kennedy also pointed to millions of dollars being pumped into this race on both sides, saying each party sees the seat as in play.

— Dan Snyder, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The fuel was pumped across a hose to Mineral Europa by a converted bunkering vessel, Shenghang Yongle, which entered service less than five weeks before the operation.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pumped

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq has fought its way into the green Tuesday, as influential AI stocks like CoreWeave shook off earlier losses.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
The pope then walked outside greeted and waved at the crowd and shook hands of hospital staff lined up by car to see him off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of shook

Verb

During the test, Linton jerked and twitched in what prosecutors described as an attempt to fake a seizure.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Somewhere nearby, in a dark office, an eavesdropping oreja has just jerked to attention on his hard little chair.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of jerked

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