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# 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. 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 usage which means a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.[1] Another possible origin is the Gaelic word eachaidhe, a "horseman", (pronounced YACH-ee-yuh in late medieval times, with the ch pronounced as in German).[2] The Irish name "Eochaid" (YO-ked) is related to "each" (yek), horse, and is usually translated as "horse rider". This is phonetically very similar to "jockey". More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey#Etymology |
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# One who [[ride]]s [[racehorse]]s competitively. |
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# That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire |
# That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire |
Revision as of 15:51, 9 March 2017
See also: Jockey
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
jockey (plural jockeys)
Etymology
- 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. 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 usage which means a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.[1] Another possible origin is the Gaelic word eachaidhe, a "horseman", (pronounced YACH-ee-yuh in late medieval times, with the ch pronounced as in German).[2] The Irish name "Eochaid" (YO-ked) is related to "each" (yek), horse, and is usually translated as "horse rider". This is phonetically very similar to "jockey". More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jockey#Etymology
- 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, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- (Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
Synonyms
- (prostitute's client): see Wikisaurus:prostitute's client
Derived terms
Translations
one who rides racehorses competitively
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References
- 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.
Verb
jockey (third-person singular simple present jockeys, present participle jockeying, simple past and past participle jockeyed)
- To ride (a horse) in a race.
- To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
- To cheat or trick.
Derived terms
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Finnish
Pronunciation
(deprecated use of |lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈjo̞kːe̞i/
Noun
jockey
- jockey (rider)
Declension
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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French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English
Noun
jockey m (plural jockeys)
External links
- “jockey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
jockey m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyer, definite plural jockeyene)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
- “jockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyar, definite plural jockeyane)
- a jockey (horse racing)
References
- “jockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Noun
jockey m (plural jockeyes)
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