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Joggle

noun
1.
A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.  Synonyms: dowel, dowel pin.
2.
A slight irregular shaking motion.  Synonym: jiggle.
verb
(past & past part. joggled; pres. part. joggling)
1.
Move to and fro.  Synonyms: jiggle, wiggle.
2.
Fasten or join with a joggle.





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"Joggle" Quotes from Famous Books



... farmer, gently, as he rose and went to carry the milk-pails into the pantry, calling coaxingly, as he did so, "Kitty! kitty! You had your milk? Don't you joggle, now!" For one eager tabby rose on her hind legs, in purring haste, and hit her nose against the ...
— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown
... at the camp. No, thanks, lady. Ridin' might joggle him and start him to bleedin'. I can carry ...
— Sundown Slim • Henry Hubert Knibbs
... forward and peered into the shadow. He was standing close above the manhole, and to the confusion of all his senses he saw the cover of the manhole lift itself up; saw the rim of it rise two, three inches, saw and heard it joggle back into its socket. ...
— True Tilda • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... could not eat another bite unless he should get up and run around the house to "joggle deown" what he had already swallowed. He leaned back in his chair and surveyed the family: on his right, generous-hearted Blossy, who had been smiling approval and encouragement at him all through the repast; at his left, ...
— Old Lady Number 31 • Louise Forsslund
... chap, we really can't indulge in the extreme niceties of navigation. We've got a compass, which is fairly accurate if you joggle it with your finger occasionally, and we can fix up a lead line when we get in soundings, and I dare say we can make a log. D'you mind having a spell at the pump now? I'm a bit out ...
— The Recipe for Diamonds • Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne


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