joggle

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡəl

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

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.
2. (intransitive) To shake or totter; to slip out of place.

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

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.

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.

Blend of jog +‎ juggle

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

1. To jog or run while juggling.