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jock⋅ey

  [jok-ee] noun, plural -eys, verb, -eyed, -ey⋅ing.
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–noun
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)
3. to ride (a horse) as a jockey.
4. Informal. to operate or guide the movement of; pilot; drive.
5. to move, bring, put, etc., by skillful maneuvering: The movers jockeyed the sofa through the door.
6. to trick or cheat: The salesman jockeyed them into buying an expensive car.
7. to manipulate cleverly or trickily: He jockeyed himself into office.
–verb (used without object)
8. to aim at an advantage by skillful maneuvering.
9. to act trickily; seek an advantage by trickery.
Origin:
1520–30; special use of Jock + -ey 2

Related forms:
jock⋅ey⋅like, jock⋅ey⋅ish, adjective
jock⋅ey⋅ship, noun
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jock·ey   (jŏk'ē)   
n.   pl. jock·eys
  1. Sports One who rides horses in races, especially as a profession.
  2. Slang One who operates a specified vehicle, machine, or device: a bus jockey; a computer jockey.
v.   jock·eyed, jock·ey·ing, jock·eys

v.   tr.
  1. Sports To ride (a horse) as jockey.
  2. To direct or maneuver by cleverness or skill: jockeyed the car into a tight space.
  3. To trick; cheat.
v.   intr.
  1. Sports To ride a horse in a race.
  2. To maneuver for a certain position or advantage: jockeying for a promotion.
  3. To employ trickery.

[Diminutive of Scots Jock, variant of Jack; see jack.]
Jock·ey   (jŏk'ē)   
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Jockey

Jock"ey\, n.; pl. Jockeys. [Dim. of Jack, Scot. Jock; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d Jack.]

1. A professional rider of horses in races. --Addison.

2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. --Macaulay.

3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

Jockey

Jock"ey\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jockeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jockeying.]

1. " To jostle by riding against one." --Johnson.

2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.

Jockey

Jock"ey\, v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
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Language Translation for : Jockey
Spanish: jockey,
German: der Jockei,
Japanese: 騎手
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jockey 
1529, "boy, fellow," originally a Scot. proper name, variant of Jack. The meaning "person who rides horses in races" first attested 1670.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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