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paper jogger

paper jogger

5.5
A machine that shakes paper stacks so the pages line up neatly
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : apilador de papel
  • Before binding the booklets, she used a paper jogger to organize the pages neatly.

Examples

  • The printer operator placed the documents in the paper jogger to straighten the edges.

  • A paper jogger can save time and reduce jams by properly aligning large paper stacks.

  • The paper jogger is essential for our printing process.

  • Can you check the paper jogger before we start?

  • The printer operator placed the documents in the paper jogger to straighten the edges.

  • Before binding the booklets, she used a paper jogger to organize the pages neatly.

  • A paper jogger can save time and reduce jams by properly aligning large paper stacks.

Synonyms

jostler
vspaper jogger
  • Specialized
9.2

A machine that shakes small parts to move or sort them

aligns and straightens stacks of sheets for neat arrangement

Surface Forms

paper jogger singular
paper joggers plural

Morphology

paper + jogger

The compound is partially transparent: 'paper' signals the object and 'jogger' suggests an agent that 'jogs', so a learner could infer a device that moves or nudges paper. However, 'jogger' is not a common word for a machine and the sense of 'jog' meaning 'to shake/align' is specialized and may be unknown to a B1 learner, making the meaning only partly predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Paper jogger may come from the simple idea of a jogger giving a pile of paper small shakes. The machine gives quick little shakes so the pages fall into place, so the name came to mean 'a machine that aligns and straightens' stacks of paper.