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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
jock(e)y

  1. n.
    an addictive drug. (Drugs. Because such a drug rides one like a jockey rides a horse.) : That jockey rode her for years.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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