joggle

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: jog=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

joggle, v. t. [Freq. of jog.].

•  To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.  [1913 Webster]
•  To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.  [1913 Webster]

  "The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts."  [1913 Webster]

joggle, v. i. 

 To shake or totter; to slip out of place.  [1913 Webster]

joggle, n. 

 A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.  [1913 Webster]

Joggle joint (Arch.), a joint in any kind of building material, where the joining surfaces are made with joggles.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

joggle, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr. shake or move by or as if by repeated jerks.
--n.
1 a slight shake.
2 the act or action of joggling.

joggle, n. & v.
--n.
1 a joint of two pieces of stone or timber, contrived to prevent their sliding on one another.
2 a notch in one of the two pieces, a projection in the other, or a small piece let in between the two, for this purpose.
--v.tr. join with a joggle.

Etymology

perh. f. jog = JAG(1)

ROGET THESAURUS

joggle

Agitation

VB be agitated, shake, tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf, quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle, wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort, squirm, throb, pulsate, beat, palpitate, go pitapat, flutter, flitter, flicker, bicker, bustle, ferment, effervesce, foam, boil, boil over, bubble up, simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard, agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt, jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.