Lexic.us

Definition of Jockey

1. Noun. Someone employed to ride horses in horse races.

2. Verb. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.

3. Noun. An operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus. "A disc jockey"

4. Verb. Compete (for an advantage or a position).

5. Verb. Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.

Definition of Jockey

1. n. A professional rider of horses in races.

2. v. t. " To jostle by riding against one."

3. v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

Definition of Jockey

1. Noun. One who rides racehorses competitively. ¹

2. Noun. That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire ¹

3. Noun. An operator of some machinery or apparatus. ¹

4. Verb. To ride (a horse) in a race. ¹

5. Verb. To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage. ¹

6. Verb. To cheat or trick. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jockey

1. to maneuver for an advantage [v -EYED, -EYING, -EYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jockey

jobseeker jobseekers jobseeking jobshare jobshares jobster jobsworth jobsworths jock itch jock strap

jock straps jocked jockette jockettes jockey (current term) jockey cap jockey club jockey for position jockey strap jockey straps

jockeyed jockeyed for position jockeying jockeying for position jockeyish jockeyism jockeys jockeys for position jockeyship

Literary usage of Jockey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"I'm blith when jockey comes, Sad when he gangs away; 'Tis Night when jockey glooms, ... jockey and I did meet, ..."

2. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
""AS jockey AND JENNY TOGETHER WAS LAID" (A Broadside Song with music, c. 1730) AS jockey and Jenny together was laid, jockey was happy, no less seemed the ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Supreme even over the jockey Club is a State Racing Commission of three, ... While the jockey Club ¡s only recognized by law in its native state, ..."

4. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"My jockey he had fike a Man-like Face, And often did appear to me with muckle Grace, Tho' I cry'd jockey, fie, Your Suit I muft deny, I'll ne'er, ne'er, ..."

5. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1841)
"YOUNG jockey. Tune—" Young jockey." f YOUNG jockey was the ... My jockey toils upon the plain, Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw; And o'er the lee I ..."

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