Horse-jockey
81jockey — Before the word ‘jockey’ became associated with the rider of a horse in a racing context it had the more general sense of a lad or fellow. The word is a diminutive of ‘Jock’, a variant of ‘Jack’, once a very common name for a man. The earlier… …
82jockey — jock•ey [[t]ˈdʒɒk i[/t]] n. pl. eys, v. 1) spo a person who rides horses professionally in races 2) sbz a) disc jockey b) video jockey 3) inf Informal. a person who pilots, operates, or guides the movement of something 4) spo to ride (a horse) as …
83Jockey Club Stakes — The Jockey Club Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for four year old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Newmarket s Rowley Mile course in late April or early… …
84jockey — jockeylike, jockeyish, adj. jockeyship, n. /jok ee/, n., pl. jockeys, v., jockeyed, jockeying. n. 1. a person who rides horses professionally in races. 2. Informal. a person who pilots, operates, or guides the movement of something, as an… …
85jockey — [[t]ʤɒ̱ki[/t]] jockeys, jockeying, jockeyed 1) N COUNT A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race. 2) VERB If you say that someone is jockeying for something, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it …
86jockey — 1. noun legendary jockey Willie Shoemaker won his first horse race when he was 17 Syn: rider, horseman, horsewoman, equestrian 2. verb on the eve of the primary, with McCain running even with Bush in New Hampshire polls, both men jockeyed for… …
87jockey for position — verb a) To try to get ones horse into a better position during a horse race. b) To try to come out ahead in a competition for something specific or put oneself in a more favourable position generally …
88jockey — Synonyms and related words: Jehu, angle, beguile, bellyband, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cavalier, cavalryman, challenge, chevalier, cinch, circus rider, compete, compete with, contrive, cope, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher, emulate, engineer …
89jockey — noun (plural jockeys) a professional rider in horse races. verb (jockeys, jockeying, jockeyed) 1》 struggle to gain or achieve something: his successors were already jockeying for position. 2》 handle or manipulate in a skilful manner. Derivatives… …
90horse-race — verb compete in a horse race • Hypernyms: ↑race, ↑run • Hyponyms: ↑jockey • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
