jockey
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey (plural jockeys)
- One who rides racehorses competitively.
- That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
- (in combination) An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
- (dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- 1841, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Warren Hastings:
- 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.
- (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
- (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
Synonyms
[edit]- (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
[edit]- bench jockey
- bet the jockey, not the horse
- bike jockey strap
- booze jockey
- broadcast jockey
- camel-jockey
- camel jockey
- desk jockey
- disc jockey
- disk jockey
- gas jockey
- gin jockey
- Horse and Jockey
- horse-jockey
- jet jockey
- jock
- jockey box
- jockey briefs
- jockeyless
- jockeylike
- jockey pants
- jockey shorts
- jockey strap
- jockey valve
- jump jockey
- knob-jockey
- knob jockey
- lawn jockey
- light jockey
- nob jockey
- plough jockey
- plow jockey
- pump jockey
- radio jockey
- sausage jockey
- slot jockey
- suicide jockey
- swab jockey
- talk jockey
- video jockey
- yard jockey
Translations
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References
[edit]- Eric Partridge (2007) “jockey”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 369.
Verb
[edit]jockey (third-person singular simple present jockeys, present participle jockeying, simple past and past participle jockeyed)
- To ride (a horse) in a race.
- To jostle by riding against.
- They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.
- To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.
- 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
- This particularly obtains in all Parliamentary affairs. Whether the business in hand be to get a man in, or get a man out, or get a man over, or promote a railway, or jockey a railway, or what else, nothing is understood to be so effectual as scouring nowhere in a violent hurry—in short, as taking cabs and going about.
- To cheat or trick.
Derived terms
[edit]- jockey for position
- jockeying (noun)
Translations
[edit]- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey
- jockey (rider)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jockey | jockeyt | |
genitive | jockeyn | jockeyiden jockeyitten | |
partitive | jockeyta | jockeyita | |
illative | jockeyhin jockeyhyn |
jockeyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jockey | jockeyt | |
accusative | nom. | jockey | jockeyt |
gen. | jockeyn | ||
genitive | jockeyn | jockeyiden jockeyitten | |
partitive | jockeyta | jockeyita | |
inessive | jockeyssa | jockeyissa | |
elative | jockeysta | jockeyista | |
illative | jockeyhin jockeyhyn |
jockeyihin | |
adessive | jockeylla | jockeyilla | |
ablative | jockeylta | jockeyilta | |
allative | jockeylle | jockeyille | |
essive | jockeyna | jockeyina | |
translative | jockeyksi | jockeyiksi | |
abessive | jockeytta | jockeyitta | |
instructive | — | jockeyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inflection of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jockey | jockeyt | |
genitive | jockeyn | jockeyiden jockeyitten | |
partitive | jockeytä | jockeyitä | |
illative | jockeyhin jockeyhyn |
jockeyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jockey | jockeyt | |
accusative | nom. | jockey | jockeyt |
gen. | jockeyn | ||
genitive | jockeyn | jockeyiden jockeyitten | |
partitive | jockeytä | jockeyitä | |
inessive | jockeyssä | jockeyissä | |
elative | jockeystä | jockeyistä | |
illative | jockeyhin jockeyhyn |
jockeyihin | |
adessive | jockeyllä | jockeyillä | |
ablative | jockeyltä | jockeyiltä | |
allative | jockeylle | jockeyille | |
essive | jockeynä | jockeyinä | |
translative | jockeyksi | jockeyiksi | |
abessive | jockeyttä | jockeyittä | |
instructive | — | jockeyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “jockey”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey m (plural jockeys)
Further reading
[edit]- “jockey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyer, definite plural jockeyene)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
[edit]- “jockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyar, definite plural jockeyane)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
[edit]- “jockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]jockey m (plural jockeys or jockey)
- English terms suffixed with -ey (diminutive)
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒki
- Rhymes:English/ɒki/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English dated terms
- English terms with quotations
- British English
- en:Crime
- English slang
- Irish English
- English verbs
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Athletes
- en:Horse racing
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/okːei
- Rhymes:Finnish/okːei/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish rosé-type nominals
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Horse racing
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with Y
- Italian terms spelled with J
- Italian terms spelled with K
- Italian masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Horse racing
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Horse racing
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple plurals
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Chilean Spanish
- es:Headwear
- es:Baseball