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jogged
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate, push |
| Synonyms: | agitate, arouse, bounce, dig, hit, jab, jar, jerk, jiggle, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, nudge, press, prod, prompt, punch, remind, rock, shake, shove, stimulate, stir, suggest, whack |
| Antonyms: | repress |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrust object into |
| Synonyms: | drive, gouge, jab, jog, nudge, plunge, poke, prod, punch, ram, sink, stab, stick |
| Main Entry: | hurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | hustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry; work hurriedly |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, be conscientious, bulldoze, bustle, elbow, fly, force, haste, hasten, hotfoot, impel, jog, press, push, race, rush, shove, speed, thrust, use elbow grease |
| Antonyms: | dally, delay, procrastinate, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | impel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prompt, incite |
| Synonyms: | actuate, boost, compel, constrain, drive, excite, foment, force, goad, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, jog, lash, mobilize, motivate, move, oblige, poke, power, press, prod, propel, push, require, set in motion, shove, spur, start, stimulate, thrust, urge |
| Notes: | impel means to urge or encourage while compel means to take action as a result of pressure or coercion; impel is very similar in meaning to compel but suggests even more strongly an inner drive to do something and often a greater urgency in the desire to act |
| Antonyms: | delay, dissuade, repress, slow, suppress |
| Main Entry: | jab |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | poke |
| Synonyms: | blow, buck, bump, bunt, dig, hit, jog, lunge, nudge, prod, punch, push, stab, tap, thrust |
| Main Entry: | jiggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bob, fidget, jerk, jig, jigger, jog, joggle, shake, shimmer, shimmy, twitch, vellicate, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise; push suddenly |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bowl over, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, knock over, lay out, perturb, rock, shake, shake up, shock, shove, spring something on, stagger, start, startle, stun, throw a curve, upset |
| Main Entry: | jostle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bump, shake |
| Synonyms: | bang into, bulldoze, bump heads, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, joggle, jolt, nudge, press, push, push around, push aside, rough and tumble, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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