joggle

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English

A joggle (engineering)
being created in sheet metal

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From jog (verb) +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. (transitive) To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
    • 1938, Heluiz Chandler Washburne, Little Elephant's Christmas:
      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!
  2. (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Translations

Etymology 2

From jog (noun) +‎ -le (diminutive ending).

Noun

joggle (plural joggles)

  1. (engineering) A step formed in material by two adjacent reverse bends.
  2. (architecture) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping.

Verb

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. (architecture, transitive) To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
    • 1842, Joseph Gwilt, Encyclopaedia of Architecture:
      The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts.

Etymology 3

Blend of jog +‎ juggle

Verb

joggle (third-person singular simple present joggles, present participle joggling, simple past and past participle joggled)

  1. To jog or run while juggling.