Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joggle

/ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: jog-gle
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.

Transitive verb

verb

To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

Intransitive verb

noun

A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.

noun

A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.

verb

To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.

Transitive verb

verb

To jog or run while juggling.

Example Sentences

"Little Elephant sighed because he felt ready to burst and he didn't see how he could eat any pudding, and he'd been waiting all day for that pudding. So he got up and trotted around the table ten times to joggle down his turkey. He must make room for the Christmas pudding!"
"The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts."

Etymology

Etymology tree English jog Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English joggle From jog (verb) + -le (frequentative suffix).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

joggles (present, singular) joggling (participle, present) joggled (participle, past) joggled (past) joggles (plural)

Derived Forms

joggler joggly

Synonyms

jiggle dowel dowel pin wiggle

Rhymes With

toggle ogle goggle bogle boggle noggle woggle snoggle croggle becroggle oggle roggle

Questions

How do you pronounce joggle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒɑ.ɡəl/.
What does joggle mean?: To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Where does joggle come from?: Etymology tree English jog Proto-Germanic *-lōną Old English -lian Middle English -len English -le English joggle From jog (verb) + -le (frequentative suffix).

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