jockey

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Sports One who rides horses in races, especially as a profession.
2. n. Slang One who operates a specified vehicle, machine, or device: a bus jockey; a computer jockey.
3. v. Sports To ride (a horse) as jockey.
4. v. To direct or maneuver by cleverness or skill: jockeyed the car into a tight space.
5. v. To trick; cheat.
6. v. Sports To ride a horse in a race.
7. v. To maneuver for a certain position or advantage: jockeying for a promotion.
8. v. To employ trickery.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. [capitalized] A Northern English and Scotch diminutive of Jock, Jack; specifically, a Scotchman.
2. n. A strolling minstrel.
3. n. A groom; a rider or driver of horses; specifically, a man or boy employed to ride horses in races.
4. n. A dealer in horses; especially, a horse-dealer who is given to cheating; a tricky horse-trader: more commonly called a horse-jockey.
5. n. A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade: from the reputation of horse-traders for trickery.
6. n. In coal-mining, a self-acting apparatus carried on the front tub of a set for releasing it from the hauling-rope at a certain point.
7. n. In mech., same as jockey-wheel.
8. n. A thin walking-stick.
9. To play the jockey to; trick; deceive in trade; hinder or defeat by trickery.
10. To jostle against in racing.
11. To act in the manner of a jockey; seek unfair advantage in a race, in dealing, etc.
12. n. Same as jockey-weight.

Wiktionary

1. n. One who rides racehorses competitively.
2. n. That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
3. n. An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
4. v. To ride (a horse) in a race.
5. v. To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
6. v. To cheat or trick.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A professional rider of horses in races.
2. n. A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
3. n. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
4. v. “ To jostle by riding against one.”
5. v. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade.
6. v. To maneuver; to move in an intricate manner so as to avoid obstacles.
7. v. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
8. v. To maneuver oneself aggressivley or skillfully so as to achieve an advantage.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. defeat someone through trickery or deceit
2. v. ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
3. v. compete (for an advantage or a position)
4. n. an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
5. n. someone employed to ride horses in horse races