| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | jock·ey |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j k  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. jock·eys
1. Sports One who rides horses in races, especially as a profession. 2. Slang One who operates a specified vehicle, machine, or device: a bus jockey; a computer jockey. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: jock·eyed, jock·ey·ing, jock·eys
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. Sports To ride (a horse) as jockey. 2. To direct or maneuver by cleverness or skill: jockeyed the car into a tight space. 3. To trick; cheat. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. Sports To ride a horse in a race. 2. To maneuver for a certain position or advantage: jockeying for a promotion. 3. To employ trickery. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Diminutive of Scots Jock, variant of Jack. See jack.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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