jog-trot adjective, noun, adverb, & verb. ['dʒɒgtrɒt] M17.
[from JOG verb, noun¹ + TROT noun¹.]
A. adjective.
1. a. Of action: steady unhurried; routine; monotonous, humdrum. M17.
b. Of a person: acting in a steady, unhurried way; easy-going; keeping up a monotonous routine. M18.
■ Goldsmith Honest jog-trot men, who go on smoothly and dully.

2. Of the nature of or suitable for a jog-trot. L18.
b. noun. A jogging trot; a slow, dull, or easy-going pace; fig. a steady, unhurried, but persistent way of doing something. M18.
■ C. J. Lever There was nothing to break the monotonous jog-trot of daily life.
C. adverb. At a jog-trot pace. M19.
D. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Infl. -tt-. Go or move at a jog-trot. M19.

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