jockey en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɒki/ (UK)
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- /ˈd͡ʒɑki/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עָקַב Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb) Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor. Latin Iācōbusslbor.? French Jacquesder. Middle English Jackin English Jack English Jock English jock Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ English -y English -ie English -ey English jockey The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock + -ey. In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.
Meanings
- One who rides racehorses competitively.
- That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
- (in-compounds) An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
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(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
And the crime for which Nuncomar was about to die was regarded by them in much the same light in which the selling of an unsound horse, for a sound price, is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey.
1841, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Warren Hastings:
- (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
- (UK, qualifier:crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Ireland, qualifier:crime, slang) A rapist.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jockeys | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
jockeyism · outjockey · desk jockey · disc jockey · pump jockey · plow jockey · gin jockey · throttle jockey · jockey box · camel jockey · jockeyless · bike jockey strap · jockey briefs · swab jockey · jockey strap · talk jockey · yard jockey · sausage jockey · car jockey · booze jockey · light jockey · slot jockey · camel-jockey · horse-jockey · jockey valve · bench jockey · jockeylike · jock · jockey shorts · Horse and Jockey · jockey squat · jet jockey · suicide jockey · bet the jockey, not the horse · jockey pump · jockeyship · radio jockey · gas jockey · plough jockey · nob jockey · knob jockey · broadcast jockey · disk jockey · jockey pants · lawn jockey · jockeydom · video jockey · jockette · chicken jockey · knob-jockey · robot jockey · jump jockey
Synonyms
prostitute's client (prostitute's client)
Translations (44)
sv kapplöpningsryttare (one who rides racehorses competitively) · io jokeo (one who rides racehorses competitively) · eo ĵokeo (one who rides racehorses competitively) · sv jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · pl dżokej (one who rides racehorses competitively) · mi tioke (one who rides racehorses competitively) · cmn 騎手 /骑手 (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ka ჟოკეი (one who rides racehorses competitively) · sk džokej (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ca joquei (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ja 騎手 (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ro jocheu (one who rides racehorses competitively) · nb jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · fi laukkaratsastaja jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · pt ginete (one who rides racehorses competitively) · nn jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · it jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · es jinete (one who rides racehorses competitively) · cmn 騎師 /骑师 (one who rides racehorses competitively) · de Jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · pt jóquei (one who rides racehorses competitively) · gd marcach (one who rides racehorses competitively) · gv markiagh (one who rides racehorses competitively) · id joki (one who rides racehorses competitively) · mk џоке́ј (one who rides racehorses competitively) · fi kilparatsastaja (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ca genet (one who rides racehorses competitively) · mr जॉकी (one who rides racehorses competitively) · es yoqui (one who rides racehorses competitively) · th นักขี่ม้าแข่ง (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ga marcach (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ga eachaí (one who rides racehorses competitively) · fr jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · cs žokej (one who rides racehorses competitively) · hu zsoké (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ru жоке́й (one who rides racehorses competitively) · tl hinete (one who rides racehorses competitively) · sk džokejka (one who rides racehorses competitively) · es yóquey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · tr jokey (one who rides racehorses competitively) · eo rajdisto (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ko 기수 (one who rides racehorses competitively) · ga jacaí (one who rides racehorses competitively) · da jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively)