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joggle verb [ ˈdʒɒɡ(ə)l ]

• move or cause to move with repeated small bobs or jerks.
• "helium balloons were joggling above the crowds"

joggle noun

• a bobbing or jerking movement.
• "the lurch and joggle of the car"
Origin: early 16th century: frequentative of jog.

joggle noun

• a joint between two pieces of stone, concrete, or timber consisting of a projection in one of the pieces fitting into a notch in the other or a small piece let in between the two.
• "a joggle joint made of iron"

joggle verb

• join (pieces of stone, concrete, or timber) by means of a joggle.
Origin: early 18th century: perhaps related to jag1.


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