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jock⋅ey

[jok-ee] noun, plural -eys, verb, -eyed, -ey⋅ing.
–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


jock⋅ey⋅like, jock⋅ey⋅ish, adjective
jock⋅ey⋅ship, noun
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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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