jockey
pronunciation
How to pronounce jockey in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɒki]
How to pronounce jockey in American English:
US [ˈdʒɑːki]
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- Noun:
- someone employed to ride horses in horse races
- an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
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- Verb:
- defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
- compete (for an advantage or a position)
- ride a race-horse as a professional jockey
Word Origin
- jockey (n.)
- 1520s, "boy, fellow," originally a Scottish proper name, variant of Jack. The meaning "person who rides horses in races" first attested 1660s.
- jockey (v.)
- 1708, "trick, outwit, gain advantage," from jockey (n.) perhaps from its former additional sense of "horse trader" (1680s). Meaning "to ride a horse in a race" is from 1767. Related: Jockeyed; jockeying.
Example
- 1. Richard perham , a former jockey turned coach , sees a brighter future .
- 2. The hong kong jockey club summer internship programme .
- 3. When he just had driven a big bridge , a police calls him to jockey .
- 4. Make us open up our mouths and show our teeth , precisely as a jockey examines a horse , which he is about to barter for or purchase .
- 5. From jockey bob champion , beating cancer to win the 1981 grand national , to the extraordinary renaissance of manchester united after the munich air disaster of 1958 , the history of sport is littered with heroes and heroines who refused to feel sorry for themselves when they were down .