jockey

See also: Jockey

English

A jockey.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Biblical Hebrew עָקַב

Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)bor.

Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb)

Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos)bor.

Latin Iācōbusslbor.?

French Jacquesder.

Middle English Jackin

English Jack

English Jock

English jock

Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-

Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

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English -y

English -ie

English -ey

English jockey

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑki/

• Audio (Australia):

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• Rhymes: -ɒki
• Homophone: jocky

Noun

jockey (plural jockeys)

1. One who rides racehorses competitively.
2. That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
3. (in combination) An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
4. (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.

5. (dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
6. (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
7. (Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Derived terms

• bench jockey
• bet the jockey, not the horse
• bike jockey strap
• booze jockey
• broadcast jockey
• camel jockey
• camel-jockey
• car jockey
• chicken jockey
• desk jockey
• disc jockey
• disk jockey
• gas jockey
• gin jockey
• Horse and Jockey
• horse-jockey
• jet jockey
• jock
• jockette
• jockey box
• jockey briefs
• jockeydom
• jockeyism
• jockeyless
• jockeylike
• jockey pants
• jockey pump
• jockeyship
• jockey shorts
• jockey squat
• jockey strap
• jockey valve
• jump jockey
• knob jockey
• knob-jockey
• lawn jockey
• light jockey
• nob jockey
• outjockey
• plough jockey
• plow jockey
• pump jockey
• radio jockey
• robot jockey
• sausage jockey
• slot jockey
• suicide jockey
• swab jockey
• talk jockey
• throttle jockey
• video jockey
• yard jockey

Translations

one who rides racehorses competitively

• Catalan: joquei (ca) m, genet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騎師 / 骑师 (zh) (qíshī), 騎手 / 骑手 (zh) (qíshǒu)

• Czech: žokej (cs) m
• Danish: jockey (da) c
• Esperanto: rajdisto, ĵokeo
• Finnish: kilparatsastaja, laukkaratsastaja (fi) jockey (fi)
• French: jockey (fr) m
• Georgian: ჟოკეი (žoḳei)
• German: Jockey (de) m
• Hungarian: zsoké (hu)
• Ido: jokeo (io)
• Indonesian: joki (id)
• Irish: eachaí m, jacaí m, marcach m
• Italian: jockey (it) m
• Japanese: 騎手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
• Korean: 기수 (ko) (gisu)
• Macedonian: џоке́ј m (džokéj)
• Manx: markiagh m
• Māori: tioke
• Marathi: जॉकी m (jŏkī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jockey m

  Nynorsk: jockey m

• Polish: dżokej (pl) m
• Portuguese: jóquei (pt) m, ginete (pt) m
• Romanian: jocheu (ro) m
• Russian: жоке́й (ru) m (žokéj)
• Scottish Gaelic: marcach m
• Slovak: džokej m, džokejka f
• Spanish: jinete (es) m, yóquey (es) m, yoqui m
• Swedish: kapplöpningsryttare c, jockey (sv) c
• Tagalog: hinete
• Thai: นักขี่ม้าแข่ง (nák-kìi-máa-kɛ̀ɛng)
• Turkish: jokey (tr)

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, page 369.

Verb

jockey (third-person singular simple present jockeys, present participle jockeying, simple past and past participle jockeyed)

1. To ride (a horse) in a race.
2. To jostle by riding against.

   They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.

   I love jockeying that motorcycle through heavy traffic.

3. To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.

   They're all jockeying for promotion.

   • 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.

4. To cheat or trick.

   I've been jockeyed into doing work for which I get no credit.

Derived terms

• jockey for position
• jockeying (noun)

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

From English jockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjokːei̯/, [ˈjo̞kːe̞i̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒoki/, [ˈdʒo̞k̟i]
• Rhymes: -okːei

Noun

jockey

1. jockey (rider)

Declension

Inflection of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jockeyni jockeyni accusative nom. jockeyni jockeyni gen. jockeyni genitive jockeyni jockeyideni jockeyitteni partitive jockeytani jockeyitani inessive jockeyssani jockeyissani elative jockeystani jockeyistani illative jockeyhini jockeyhyni jockeyihini adessive jockeyllani jockeyillani ablative jockeyltani jockeyiltani allative jockeylleni jockeyilleni essive jockeynani jockeyinani translative jockeykseni jockeyikseni abessive jockeyttani jockeyittani instructive — — comitative — jockeyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jockeysi jockeysi accusative nom. jockeysi jockeysi gen. jockeysi genitive jockeysi jockeyidesi jockeyittesi partitive jockeytasi jockeyitasi inessive jockeyssasi jockeyissasi elative jockeystasi jockeyistasi illative jockeyhisi jockeyhysi jockeyihisi adessive jockeyllasi jockeyillasi ablative jockeyltasi jockeyiltasi allative jockeyllesi jockeyillesi essive jockeynasi jockeyinasi translative jockeyksesi jockeyiksesi abessive jockeyttasi jockeyittasi instructive — — comitative — jockeyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jockeymme jockeymme accusative nom. jockeymme jockeymme gen. jockeymme genitive jockeymme jockeyidemme jockeyittemme partitive jockeytamme jockeyitamme inessive jockeyssamme jockeyissamme elative jockeystamme jockeyistamme illative jockeyhimme jockeyhymme jockeyihimme adessive jockeyllamme jockeyillamme ablative jockeyltamme jockeyiltamme allative jockeyllemme jockeyillemme essive jockeynamme jockeyinamme translative jockeyksemme jockeyiksemme abessive jockeyttamme jockeyittamme instructive — — comitative — jockeyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jockeynne jockeynne accusative nom. jockeynne jockeynne gen. jockeynne genitive jockeynne jockeyidenne jockeyittenne partitive jockeytanne jockeyitanne inessive jockeyssanne jockeyissanne elative jockeystanne jockeyistanne illative jockeyhinne jockeyhynne jockeyihinne adessive jockeyllanne jockeyillanne ablative jockeyltanne jockeyiltanne allative jockeyllenne jockeyillenne essive jockeynanne jockeyinanne translative jockeyksenne jockeyiksenne abessive jockeyttanne jockeyittanne instructive — — comitative — jockeyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative jockeynsa jockeynsa accusative nom. jockeynsa jockeynsa gen. jockeynsa genitive jockeynsa jockeyidensa jockeyittensa partitive jockeytaan jockeytansa jockeyitaan jockeyitansa inessive jockeyssaan jockeyssansa jockeyissaan jockeyissansa elative jockeystaan jockeystansa jockeyistaan jockeyistansa illative jockeyhinsa jockeyhynsa jockeyihinsa adessive jockeyllaan jockeyllansa jockeyillaan jockeyillansa ablative jockeyltaan jockeyltansa jockeyiltaan jockeyiltansa allative jockeylleen jockeyllensa jockeyilleen jockeyillensa essive jockeynaan jockeynansa jockeyinaan jockeyinansa translative jockeykseen jockeyksensa jockeyikseen jockeyiksensa abessive jockeyttaan jockeyttansa jockeyittaan jockeyittansa instructive — — comitative — jockeyineen jockeyinensa

Inflection of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of jockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jockeyni jockeyni accusative nom. jockeyni jockeyni gen. jockeyni genitive jockeyni jockeyideni jockeyitteni partitive jockeytäni jockeyitäni inessive jockeyssäni jockeyissäni elative jockeystäni jockeyistäni illative jockeyhini jockeyhyni jockeyihini adessive jockeylläni jockeyilläni ablative jockeyltäni jockeyiltäni allative jockeylleni jockeyilleni essive jockeynäni jockeyinäni translative jockeykseni jockeyikseni abessive jockeyttäni jockeyittäni instructive — — comitative — jockeyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jockeysi jockeysi accusative nom. jockeysi jockeysi gen. jockeysi genitive jockeysi jockeyidesi jockeyittesi partitive jockeytäsi jockeyitäsi inessive jockeyssäsi jockeyissäsi elative jockeystäsi jockeyistäsi illative jockeyhisi jockeyhysi jockeyihisi adessive jockeylläsi jockeyilläsi ablative jockeyltäsi jockeyiltäsi allative jockeyllesi jockeyillesi essive jockeynäsi jockeyinäsi translative jockeyksesi jockeyiksesi abessive jockeyttäsi jockeyittäsi instructive — — comitative — jockeyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jockeymme jockeymme accusative nom. jockeymme jockeymme gen. jockeymme genitive jockeymme jockeyidemme jockeyittemme partitive jockeytämme jockeyitämme inessive jockeyssämme jockeyissämme elative jockeystämme jockeyistämme illative jockeyhimme jockeyhymme jockeyihimme adessive jockeyllämme jockeyillämme ablative jockeyltämme jockeyiltämme allative jockeyllemme jockeyillemme essive jockeynämme jockeyinämme translative jockeyksemme jockeyiksemme abessive jockeyttämme jockeyittämme instructive — — comitative — jockeyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jockeynne jockeynne accusative nom. jockeynne jockeynne gen. jockeynne genitive jockeynne jockeyidenne jockeyittenne partitive jockeytänne jockeyitänne inessive jockeyssänne jockeyissänne elative jockeystänne jockeyistänne illative jockeyhinne jockeyhynne jockeyihinne adessive jockeyllänne jockeyillänne ablative jockeyltänne jockeyiltänne allative jockeyllenne jockeyillenne essive jockeynänne jockeyinänne translative jockeyksenne jockeyiksenne abessive jockeyttänne jockeyittänne instructive — — comitative — jockeyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative jockeynsä jockeynsä accusative nom. jockeynsä jockeynsä gen. jockeynsä genitive jockeynsä jockeyidensä jockeyittensä partitive jockeytään jockeytänsä jockeyitään jockeyitänsä inessive jockeyssään jockeyssänsä jockeyissään jockeyissänsä elative jockeystään jockeystänsä jockeyistään jockeyistänsä illative jockeyhinsä jockeyhynsä jockeyihinsä adessive jockeyllään jockeyllänsä jockeyillään jockeyillänsä ablative jockeyltään jockeyltänsä jockeyiltään jockeyiltänsä allative jockeylleen jockeyllensä jockeyilleen jockeyillensä essive jockeynään jockeynänsä jockeyinään jockeyinänsä translative jockeykseen jockeyksensä jockeyikseen jockeyiksensä abessive jockeyttään jockeyttänsä jockeyittään jockeyittänsä instructive — — comitative — jockeyineen jockeyinensä

Further reading

• “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 2 July 2023

French

Etymology

From English jockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.kɛ/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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Noun

jockey m (plural jockeys)

1. jockey

Further reading

• “jockey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Noun

jockey m (invariable)

1. jack, knave (playing card)
2. jockey

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English jockey.

Noun

jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyer, definite plural jockeyene)

1. a jockey (horse racing)

References

• “jockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Jockeyar og hestar i eit hesteveddelaup.

Etymology

From English jockey.

Noun

jockey m (definite singular jockeyen, indefinite plural jockeyar, definite plural jockeyane)

1. a jockey (horse racing)

References

• “jockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yóquey

Noun

jockey m (plural jockeys or jockey)

1. jockey
2. (Chile) baseball cap