jog trot

jog trot
noun
an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot
Hypernyms: ↑gait

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noun
Etymology: jog (II) + trot
1. : a slow regular jolting gait
2. : a routine habit or method persistently adhered to : a slow easygoing way or course of action

the sober jog trot of domestic bliss — John Galsworthy

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1. a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.
2. an uneventful, humdrum way of living, doing something, etc.: a sleepy little town where life proceeded at a jog trot.
[1700-10]

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jog trot UK US noun [countable] [singular jog trot plural jog trots]
a way of running at a slow steady speed
Thesaurus: physical exercise and exerciseshyponym

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jog trot,
1. a slow, regular trot, such as that of a horse: »

Suddenly he slowed his long, effortless jog trot up to the steep road (Atlantic).

2. Figurative. a routine or humdrum way of doing things: »

the monotonous jog trot of daily life.

jog|trot «JOG TROT», verb, -trot|ted, -trot|ting, adjective.
–v.i.
to go or move at a jog trot.
–adj.
routine; humdrum; monotonous: »

Honest, jogtrot men who go on smoothly and dully (Oliver Goldsmith).

jog´trot´ter, noun.

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n. dated a slow trot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • jog trot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms jog trot : singular jog trot plural jog trots a way of running at a slow steady speed …   English dictionary

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