shog

American  

[shog, shawg] / ʃɒg, ʃɔg /

verb (used with object)

shogged, shogging

1. to shake; jolt.

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verb (used without object)

shogged, shogging

1. to jog along.

noun

1. a shake; jolt.

Usage

What does shog mean? Shog can be a verb meaning to shake or jolt, or a noun meaning a shake or jolt. It can also be used as a verb meaning to jog along.
Shog is used in the Scottish and British dialects, but very rarely.
Shog was the Dictionary.com Word of the Day on June 19, 2019!
Example: The thunder was so loud that it shogged me awake!

Etymology

Origin of shog

1350–1400; Middle English shoggen (v.); perhaps akin to shock ¹

Example Sentences

Shog has nothing whatever to do with shaking, unless when Nym says to Pistol, "Will you shog off?" he may be said to have shaken him off.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

If perchance a trot, it was a mere shog, comfortable enough with a short seat and high cantle.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

An' gied the infant warld a shog, shake 'Maist ruin'd a'.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

When the Tinker in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Coxcomb" says, "Come, prithee, let's shog off," what possible allusion to shaking is there, except, perhaps, to "shaking stumps"?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

Shall we shog off?24 the king will be gone from Southampton.

From King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre by Kean, Charles John