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jockey

[ jok-ee ]

noun

plural jockeys.
  1. a person who rides horses professionally in races.
  2. Informal. a person who pilots, operates, or guides the movement of something, as an airplane or automobile.


verb (used with object)

jockeyed, jockeying.
  1. to ride (a horse) as a jockey.
  2. Informal. to operate or guide the movement of; pilot; drive.
  3. to move, bring, put, etc., by skillful maneuvering:

    The movers jockeyed the sofa through the door.

  4. to trick or cheat:

    The salesman jockeyed them into buying an expensive car.

  5. to manipulate cleverly or trickily:

    He jockeyed himself into office.

verb (used without object)

jockeyed, jockeying.
  1. to aim at an advantage by skillful maneuvering.
  2. to act trickily; seek an advantage by trickery.

jockey

/ 藞诲萧蓲办瑟 /

noun

  1. a person who rides horses in races, esp as a profession or for hire
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

    1. tr to ride (a horse) in a race
    2. intr to ride as a jockey
  1. introften foll byfor to try to obtain an advantage by manoeuvring, esp literally in a race or metaphorically, as in a struggle for power (esp in the phrase jockey for position )
  2. to trick or cheat (a person)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jockey1

First recorded in 1520鈥30 for an earlier sense; special use of Jock + -ey 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of jockey1

C16 (in the sense: lad): from name Jock + -ey
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