jockstrap

English

Etymology

From jock in the obsolete sense of "male genitals" and strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑkstɹæp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: jock‧strap

Noun

jockstrap (plural jockstraps)

2. (sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

   Synonyms: groin guard, supporter, athletic supporter

   • 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:

     With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
     While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.

   • 2010, Erick Alvarez, Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 105:

     There are many accounts of men, back in the 1970s, work out in nothing but a jockstrap.

Alternative forms

• jock strap

Derived terms

• jock (“athlete”)
• jockey shorts

Translations

an athletic supporter

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حِزَام رِيَاضِيّ m (ḥizām riyāḍiyy)
• Armenian: ամորձակալ (amorjakal), կախակապ (kaxakap)
• Bulgarian: бандаж (bg) m (bandaž)
• Catalan: suspensori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙丁／双丁 (shuāngdīng)

• Czech: suspenzor m
• Danish: skridtbeskytter c, skridtbind n, suspensorium n
• Dutch: suspensoir
• Esperanto: suspensorio, ingvenumo
• Finnish: alasuojus, munasuojat pl (slang)
• French: suspensoir (fr) m, coquille (fr) f
• German: Sportsuspensorium n, Suspensorium (de) n, Tiefschützer n, Tiefschutz m, Ballschutz m, Hodenschutz m, Jockstrap, (slightly vulgar) Eierbecher (de) m
• Greek: σπασουάρ (el) n (spasouár)
• Hebrew: מָגֵן בֵּיצִים (he)
• Hungarian: szuszpenzor (hu)
• Icelandic: pungband n, pungbindi n
• Irish: bléinbheart m
• Italian: sospensorio (it), conchiglia protettiva, sospensorio conchiglia, sospensorio elastico
• Japanese: ジョックストラップ (ja) (jokkusutorappu)
• Korean: 낭심보호대 (nangsimbohodae)
• Latvian: suspensorijs m
• Lithuanian: suspenzòrijus m
• Maori: tātua raho
• Norwegian: skrittbeskytter m, (colloquial) susp m
• Persian: بیضه بند, فتق بند
• Polish: suspensorium (pl) n
• Portuguese: coquilha f, suporte atlético (pt) m
• Romanian: suspensor (ro) n
• Russian: суспензо́рий (ru) m (suspenzórij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: су̀спензор m

  Roman: sùspenzor (sh) m

• Slovak: suspenzor m
• Slovene: suspenzórij m
• Spanish: protector genital, protector escrotal m, coquilla f, huevera f, suspensor, suspensorio (es) m
• Swedish: suspensoar (sv) c
• Thai: กระจับ (th) (grà-jàp)
• Turkish: süspansuvar
• Welsh: jocstrap m

Further reading

• jockstrap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Jack Strop