jockey

  • 21jockey — I n. a disc (BE), disk (AE) jockey II v. 1) (D; intr.) to jockey for (to jockey for position) 2) (d; tr.) to jockey into (to jockey smb. into position) * * * [ dʒɒkɪ] disk (AE) jockey a disc (BE) (D; intr.) to jockey for (to jockey for position) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22Jockey — Cavalier professionnel Pour les articles homonymes, voir Cavalier. Cavalier professionnel ou d une manière désuète garçon d écurie est un métier équestre. Sommaire 1 Métiers 1.1 Généralités …

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  • 23jockey — I. noun (plural jockeys) Etymology: Jockey, Scots nickname for John Date: 1643 1. a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race 2. a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24jockey — I UK [ˈdʒɒkɪ] / US [ˈdʒɑkɪ] noun [countable] Word forms jockey : singular jockey plural jockeys * 1) someone whose job is to ride horses in races 2) informal someone whose work involves the use of a particular object or machine The screech of… …

    English dictionary

  • 25jockey — /ˈdʒɒki / (say jokee) noun (plural jockeys) 1. someone who professionally rides horses in races. 2. someone accompanying a taxidriver who, if a potential passenger gives a destination which does not suit the driver, pretends that they have… …

  • 26jockey —    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… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 27Jockey — Jo|ckey 〈[dʒɔ̣kı] m. 6; Sp.〉 berufsmäßiger Rennreiter; oV Jockei [<engl. jockey, Verkleinerungsform zu Jock, nordengl. schott. Form von Jack „Hans“] * * * Jo|ckey, Jockei [ d̮ʒɔke , auch, österr., schweiz. nur: d̮ʒɔki , auch: d̮ʒɔka̮i, jɔka̮i] …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 28jockey — jock|ey1 [ˈdʒɔki US ˈdʒa:ki] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Jockey, Scottish male name, from John] someone who rides horses in races jockey 2 jockey2 v [I] to compete strongly to get into the best position or situation, or to get the most power… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29jockey — {{11}}jockey (n.) 1520s, boy, fellow, originally a Scottish proper name, variant of JACK (Cf. Jack). The meaning person who rides horses in races first attested 1660s. {{12}}jockey (v.) 1708, trick, outwit, gain advantage, from JOCKEY (Cf.… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 30jockey — 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 …

    From formal English to slang