Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sports One who rides horses in races, especially as a profession.
- noun Informal One whose occupation or hobby involves a specified machine, device, or object.
- intransitive verb Sports To ride (a horse) as jockey.
- intransitive verb To direct or maneuver by cleverness or skill.
- intransitive verb To trick; cheat.
- intransitive verb Sports To ride a horse in a race.
- intransitive verb To maneuver for a certain position or advantage.
- intransitive verb To employ trickery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To play the jockey to; trick; deceive in trade; hinder or defeat by trickery.
- To jostle against in racing.
- To act in the manner of a jockey; seek unfair advantage in a race, in dealing, etc.
- noun Same as
jockey-weight . - noun [capitalized] A Northern English and Scotch diminutive of Jock, Jack; specifically, a Scotchman.
- noun A strolling minstrel.
- noun A groom; a rider or driver of horses; specifically, a man or boy employed to ride horses in races.
- noun A dealer in horses; especially, a horse-dealer who is given to cheating; a tricky horse-trader: more commonly called a horse-jockey.
- noun A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade: from the reputation of horse-traders for trickery.
- noun 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.
- noun In mech., same as
jockey-wheel . - noun A thin walking-stick.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
- intransitive verb To maneuver oneself aggressivley or skillfully so as to achieve an advantage.
- transitive verb “ To jostle by riding against one.”
- transitive verb To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade.
- transitive verb To maneuver; to move in an intricate manner so as to avoid obstacles.
- noun A professional rider of horses in races.
- noun A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- noun A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
rides racehorses competitively. - noun That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
- noun An
operator of somemachinery orapparatus . - verb To ride (a horse) in a race.
- verb To
maneuver (something) byskill for one'sadvantage . - verb To
cheat ortrick .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- verb ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
- verb compete (for an advantage or a position)
- noun an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
- noun someone employed to ride horses in horse races
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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ROVNER: Oh, the jockey is literally holding them together.
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Dozens of howling fire-bearers in jockey shorts hustled up to the gates of Castle Frankenstein and beat on the doors until the Doctor showed his face.
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Britain's, and maybe the world's, most famous jockey is under no pressure as he chases elusive Dewhurst and Champion
Frankie Dettori at Newmarket ready for the few that have got away Greg Wood 2010
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Austere surroundings and a humdrum card, but the country's – perhaps the world's – most famous jockey is buzzing.
Frankie Dettori at Newmarket ready for the few that have got away Greg Wood 2010
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The final three categories represent changes in jockey, equipment and weight.
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ROVNER: Oh, the jockey is literally holding them together.
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I think that before ANY HQ jockey is allowed to spend one penny of tax payers money, or introduce ANY policy etc, he must be able to answer satisfactorily the following question;
What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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He rode for 39 years, well into his 50s; the average career of a jockey is five years.
Under the radar but on the screen: Is the best athlete a jockey? 2008
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The board chairman sniffed righteously about how difficult it is to define pornography, would you put Michelangelo's David in jockey shorts, etc.
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Therefore, a car stereo with RDS might show something like “Timbaland … The Way I Are … Mix 99.9 …” Hey, it beats waiting to hear if the disc jockey is going to say the name of the tune.
seanohagan commented on the word jockey
In Japan, "jockey" is used to mean a pint glass of beer. Japanese Wikipedia lists "jug" as a possible source of the borrowed word.
July 14, 2009
shanvrolijk commented on the word jockey
Various state and civil society organizations jockeyed with each other to speak on behalf of Islam and, equally important, to instruct the state in matters of morality and religion.
March 1, 2018