jockey
English
/ˈdʒɒki/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
- (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
- (UK) A prostitute's client.
- (Ireland) A rapist.
Etymology
Affix from English jock.
Origin
English
jock
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jock English
- jockdom English
- jockette English
- jockeyism English
- jockeyship English
- jockish English
- jocklike English
- jockocracy English
- jockocrat English
- jockocratic English
- jockstrap English
- jocky English
- outjockey English
- superjock English
- video English
- video jockey English
- Jockey German
- zsoké Hungarian
- zsokék Hungarian
- jockey French
- жокей Russian
- jockey Norwegian Bokmål
- ジョッキー Japanese
- dżokej Polish
- dżokejka Polish
- jockey Norwegian Nynorsk
- jacaí Irish
- jacaíocht Irish
- džokej Serbo-Croatian
- joki Indonesian
- ჟოკეი Georgian