jog trot

noun

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.

jog trot

noun

1. an easy bouncy gait, esp of a horse, midway between a walk and a trot
2. a monotonous or regular way of living or doing something

verb

1. intr to move at a jog trot

Word History and Origins

Origin of jog trot¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

Thus fortified with wisdom, he calmly looks the evil in the face, and lets it not disturb his little jog-trot existence.

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Jack Harvey, waiting a moment longer to rest, started off on an easy jog-trot back to camp.

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It delayed the whole gang, for they could not go on faster than a jog-trot.

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Nothing will make them move faster—like whipping a carthorse into a gallop; it soon dies away in the old jog-trot.

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"No, I'm going forward," answered Tad, putting spur to his pony and starting at a jog trot.

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