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jockey
/ˈd͡ʒɑki/
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What does jockey mean?
noun
- One who rides racehorses competitively.
- That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
- An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
More meanings (8)
noun
- (slang) A prostitute's client.
- (slang) A rapist.
- (dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
verb
- To ride (a horse) in a race.
- To jostle by riding against.
- To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.
- To cheat or trick.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɑki/
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Myself.—‘You do not mean to say, O Tuérta, that you are a jockey, and that you rob on the highway.’
I do not understand, by the way, the pleasure of the jockey in setting up the tail of the horse artificially.
More book examples (3)
He drew out his flute and began to play “Jockey to the Fair” in the style of a man who had never known moment’s sorrow.
The cowboy's scorn of every method of riding save his own is as profound and as ignorant as is that of the school rider, jockey, or fox-hunter.
For a young woman to dream that she associates with a jockey, or has one for a lover, indicates she will win a husband out of her station.