Jockey

Definition: Jockey

Jockey

Noun

1. Someone employed to ride horses in horse races.

2. An operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey".

Verb

1. Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit.

2. Compete (for an advantage or a position).

3. Ride a race-horse as a professional jockey.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jockey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

19th Century Satire

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Mining

Occupations

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Jockey

Clothing

Pants, trousers, trowsers; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes; shintiyan; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers, knickerbockers; philibeg, fillibeg; pants suit; culottes; jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims.

Deceiver

Conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler; (thief); jobber.

Deception

Verb: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize; abuse; mystify; blind one's eyes; blindfold, hoodwink; throw dust into the eyes; dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle; trick.

Servant

Attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy; train bearer, cup bearer; waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre; equerry, groom; jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd; barkeeper, bartender; bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper; khansamah, khansaman; khitmutgar; yardman.

Traveler

Rider,horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker.

Crosswords: Jockey

French (jockey, rider), German (jockey), Norwegian (jockey), Spanish (hockey, jockey), Swedish (jockey).

He has more room in his jockey shorts (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

I've had better food at the ballgame, you know? This steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it. (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis)

A finger jockey. We think differently than the face and body boyswe're a different breed (Zoolander; writing credit: Drake Sather; Ben Stiller)

I want my jockey to play (Roll Over Beethoven; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

Where the jockey is the smoothest ("At the Hop"; performing artist: Danny & The Juniors)

Ex-disk jockey. (references; author: unknown)

Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey (1955)

Disc Jockey (1951)

La Mujer y el jockey (Hipódromo) (1939)

Festa Militar no Jockey Club (1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Manila Jockey Club Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Fastest Boom in the West: Memoirs of a Boom Jockey (reference)

• Jockey Hollow (reference)

• Judas at the Jockey Club: And Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico (reference)

• Miss Jump the Jockey (reference)

• Rocket Jockey (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Disc Jockey Hits, Vol. 1 (reference)

• Disc Jockey Traditions, Vol. 8 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Baby Jockey Hat 2-Pack - Pink (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

If you want me to agree to short race you've got to get rid of that jockey. Credit: Library of Congress.

New disc jockey -- same old tune. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oak Lawn Jockey Club, Hot Springs, Ark. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jockey Club, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.

Finish of a handicapped, Crescent City Jockey Club, New Orleans, La. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey Street" in Campton, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers and townspeole on "Jockey Street" in Campton, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.", near the Court House [i.e. Campton], Wolfe County, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress.

Butte Jockey Club, July 4th, 1914. Credit: Library of Congress.

Miami Jockey Club Race Track, Florida, January 17th, 1931. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

In April a 7-year-old Bangladeshi boy working as a camel jockey was injured during a camel race in Dubai. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In September 2000, the Abu Dhabi police took into protective custody and repatriated a 10-year-old Pakistani boy who allegedly had been kidnaped from his village in Pakistan and brought to the country to work as a jockey in camel races. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "jockey": console jockey ♦ disc jockey ♦ disk jockey ♦ jockey cap ♦ jockey cloth ♦ jockey club ♦ jockey for ♦ jockey for position ♦ jockey into ♦ jockey out ♦ jockey out of ♦ jockey pole ♦ jockey pulley ♦ jockey satin ♦ jockey shorts ♦ jockey smb. into a position. Additional references.

Beginning with "jockey": jockey-club, jockey-sized.

Ending with "jockey": disc-jockey.

Albanian

ngas kalin në garë, mashtroj (bamboozle, befool, beguile, besot, bilk, cheat, chicane, chisel, cozen, deceive, defalcate, defraud, delude, diddle, do, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fob, fool, fudge, gyp, hocus, hoodwink, hose, impose, juggle, lead on, mislead, mump, nobble, overreach, palter, queer, ready up, shortchange, swindle, take advantage of, take for a ride), kalorës në garat me kuaj. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فارس السباق (rider), ‏ناور (handle, manage, maneuver, manoeuvre, shunt), ‏سائق (carter, chauffeur, driver, haul, motorist, operator, teamster), ‏سائس (groom, hostler, stableman), ‏ركب جوادا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

маневрирам (handle, maneuver, manoeuvre, shunt), мамя (cozen, deceive, dupe, fiddle, flim-flam, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink, impose, juggle, mock, play along, play possum with, rook, shark, stick, string along, take, twist, victimize), жокей съм, жокей, излъгвам (delude, have, hoax, pull a fast one). (various references)

Chinese 

骑师 (Jockeys). (various references)

Czech

manévrovat (jink), intrikařit (scheme), žokej. (various references)

Danish

jockey cloth (jockey cloth), satin jockey (jockey satin, slipper satin), forsoegspotte (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot), glanssatin (jockey satin, slipper satin), lille potte (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot), mellemremskive (idle pulley, jockey pulley), buk (bent, bracket, cannon pot, holder, holding device, horse, jockey pot, lifting gin, mounting, mounting bracket, sheer legs, skittle pot, support, trestle, tripod, wooden framework), remstrammer (jockey pulley), styrerulle på ringspindemaskine (jockey pulley of a ring spinning frame), spaendtrisse (jockey wheel, loose pulley), støtterulle (belt tensioning idler pulley, belt tightener, carrier roller, jockey pulley, tension roller, top roller, track idler, track supporting roller), straekrulle (jockey wheel), strammerulle på ringspindemaskine (jockey pulley of a ring spinning frame), strammerulle/styrerulle på ringtvindemaskine og tvindemaskine (jockey pulley of a ring doubling and twisting frame), strammetrisse på ringspindemaskine (jockey pulley of a ring spinning frame), proevedigel (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot). (various references)

Dutch

tussenpoelie (idle pulley, jockey pulley), stuurwiel (steering-wheel), spanrol (belt tensioning idler pulley, belt tightener, carrier roller, dancer roll, free roller, idler, jockey pulley, jockey wheel, loose pulley, loose roller, tension roller, tensioning roller, top roller, track idler, track supporting roller), rijbroeksatijn (jockey satin, slipper satin), riemspanningspoelie (jockey pulley), riemspanner (jockey wheel), proef pot (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot), oprolinrichting (belt tensioning idler pulley, belt tightener, carrier roller, drum, jockey pulley, take-up, take-up device, tension roller, top roller, track idler, track supporting roller), leiwals (guide roller, jockey guide pulley, jockey pulley), leirol (guide roller, jockey guide pulley, jockey pulley, mule pulley), glanssatijn (jockey satin, slipper satin). (various references)

Farsi 

نیرنگ زدن , چابک سوار, گول زدن (Bamboozle, Beguile, Cajole, Cheat, Con, Deceive, Defraud, Doodle, Dupe, Entrap, Fool, Gaff, Gouge, Gull, Gum, Gyp, Hoax, Hustle, Outwit, Rogue, Swindle, Wheedle), سوارکاراسب دوانی شدن , اسب سوارحرفه ای , اسب دوانی کردن , باحیله فراهم کردن . (various references)

Finnish

rengaskertauskoneen kiristysrulla (jockey pulley of a ring doubling and twisting frame), rengaskehruukoneen kiristysrulla (jockey pulley of a ring spinning frame), pikkupottu (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot), koesulatusupokas (cannon pot, jockey pot, skittle pot). (various references)

French

jockey. (various references)

German

jockey, rennreiter, rangeln (scrap, tussle, wrangle). (various references)

Greek 

ιππηλάτησ εν ιπποδρόμιω, αναβάτης (rider), απατώ (bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, cheat, chisel, circumvent, con, deceive, dupe, fool, gouge, gyp, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, impose, juggle, rook, sham, shave, shortchange, spoof, swindle, trick), απατεώνασ (beguiler, bilk, bilker, blackleg, cheat, crook, fraud, hoodwinker, imposture, knave, swindler), απατεών (circumventer, circumventor, cozener, crook, deceiver, faker, fraud, hoodwinker, knave, rook, shammer, shark, sharp, shaver, slicker, swindler, tricker, trickster, victimizer, welcher, welsher), τζόκεϊ, τζόκεϋ. (various references)

Hebrew 

לתמרן (maneuver, manoeuvre), רוכב (horseman, rider), סיס (groom, horseman). (various references)

Hungarian

zsoké (jock), vándorregös, vándorlantos, vándorkobzos (jongleur), lovas (cavalry, equestrian, equine, horse, horseman, mounted, pricker, rider), lovász (groom, hostler, ostler, outrider, stableman, strapper), lókereskedő, csaló kereskedő. (various references)

Indonesian

joki. (various references)

Italian

fantino (rider). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ジョセフソン素子 (a stein, a tankard, amug, bit by bit, cardigan, dilemma, dilettante, dish with mutton and vegetables, Genghis Khan, gin, gin fizz, ginger, ginger ale, giraffe, jin, jingoism, jinx, jitterbug, job, job enlargement, job enrichment, job menu, job rotation, job title, jobhopper, jodhpurs, John, John Bull, John Travolta, Josephson device, riding breeches, suit, suitcase, super, super high decker, super Schottky diode, super size wide screen, super woofer, supercar, supercharger, supercomputer, superhighway, superimpose, superjet, supermarket, supermarket chain, supernova, super-size, supersonic, superstar, superstation, superstore, supertanker, superviser, supervisor, superwoman, synthesis, vest, waistcoat, Zimbabwe, Zinjanthropus, zirconium). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ジョッキー , ジョッキ (a stein, a tankard, amug). (various references)

Korean 

경마기수 (Jockeys). (various references)

Manx

markiagh (cavalier, equestrian, horse rider, horseman; ride), lhigeyder (galloper). (various references)

Maya

naath. (various references)

Norwegian

jockey, manøvrere. (various references)

Pig Latin

ockeyjay.(various references)

Portuguese

jóquei (claiming race, race), rapaz (bob, boy, fellow, go-soon, guy, he, house-boy, lad, laddie, sapling, stripling, youngling, youngster), montar um cavalo, manobrar (fist, handle, manage, maneuver, manipulate, manoeuvre, shunt), lograr (bilk, cheat, chouse, circumvent, cod, cozen, deceive, diddle, dupe, fob, fool, fox, gammon, gouge, gyp, inveigle, let in, mystify, out-jockey, overreach, put it over, spoof, succeed, trick), lacaio (flunkey, footman, galley-slave, groom, jackal, lackey, lacquey, menial), intrujar (juggle, out-jockey, skin, spoof, trick), enganar (abuse, avoid, bamboozle, befool, beguile, belie, blind, bluff, cheat, chisel, chouse, cod, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, double, double-cross, duck, dupe, err, fake, falsify, finesse, flimflam, fob, foist, fool, fox, gag, gammon, gouge, green, gull, gyp, ha, have, hocus, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hum, humbug, impose, inveigle, jink, juggle, lace, lie, lurch, mislead, mock, mystify, out-jockey, overreach, palm, rip off, skin, sklent, spoof, take in, trepan, trick, victimize, wangle, wile), defraudar (chisel, defalcate, defraud, embezzle, overpower, plunder, swindle, usurp), burlar (cheat, chouse, fool, green, hoax, jeer, mock, mystify, tease, trick). (various references)

Romanian

jocheu (rider), pungaş (biter, cheat, Cutpurse, duffer, fraud, gun, juggler, knave, lurcher, manipulator, mountebank, pickpocket, pilferer, prig, rascal, rogue, rook, rough, scab, shark, snap, swindler, thief), escroc (bilk, biter, blackguard, blackleg, carpet bagger, charlatan, cheat, crook, desperado, double-dealer, duffer, faker, fraud, gambler, gamester, gouge, gyp, impostor, juggler, knave, mountebank, rogue, rook, scab, shark, sharp, sharper, snap, swindler), cãlãri pe (straddle), înşela (abuse, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chouse, circumvent, cog, con, cozen, cuckold, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disappoint, do, do brown, do something crooked, double cross, dupe, fiddle, frustrate, gag, get round, gull, hocus, hoodwink, humbug, impose, juggle, mock, mystify, nobble, out-jockey, pigeon, queer, ramp, rook, sharp, shuffle, swindle, trick, victimize). (various references)

Russian 

жокей (jock). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

jahati (bestride, ride), manevrisati (maneuver, manoeuvre, shunt), džokej. (various references)

Spanish

jockey (hockey), yoquey, yóquei, venir en (call in, come around, pop in, top off, touch down), persuadir (argue, beat down, bring, bring around, bring round, convince, get, get round, induce, lead, lure out, persuade), maniobrar para sacar ventaja, lograr (accomplish, achieve, attain, bring off, come off, engineer, get, get off, land, obtain, pick up, pull off, reach, thread, throw out, touch, vanquish, win, wish, work), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, come through, dock, draw in, end up, get, get around, get in, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, spend, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize), disuadir (deter, discourage, dissuade, out-argue, put off, talk out), alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, last out, make up on, obtain, overhaul, overtake, reach, throw in, throw out, touch, win, win through). (various references)

Swedish

jockey. (various references)

Thai

โกง (gull into, gull out of, swindle, take), นักขี่ม้าแข่งอาชีพ, ขี่ม้าแข่ง. (various references)

Turkish

jokey, kurnazca aldatmak, kandırmak (argue, bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, dish, dissuade, dupe, entice, fast-talk, finagle, flimflam, fool, gammon, get round, gyp, hornswoggle, induce, intrigue, inveigle, jolly, kid, lead on, lie, persuade, play with, put across, put over, rope in, sell smb. a pup, serve a trick, spoof, stall off, stick, string, string along, stuff smb., take in, trick, wheedle), dolandırmak (bilk, bunco, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do down, do in, double cross, flimflam, gammon, gold brick, gull, gyp, have, hornswoggle, Nick, nobble, racketeer, rook, rotate, sell smb. a gold brick, sell smb. a pup, spoof, swindle, take in), cokey, binici (equestrian, horseman, rider, show jumper). (various references)

Turkmen 

seяis (horse jockey). (various references)

Ukrainian

шахрай (beat, bilker, charlatan, cheat, deceiver, doer, gambler, knave, phony, picaroon, prick, racketeer, rascal, scalawag, scallawag, scallywag, shark, sharp, sharper, swindler), обдурювати (befool, bilk, cheat, chouse, cod, cog, counterfeit, deceive, doodle, dupe, flimflam, gull, hoax, hocus, hoodwink, humbug, juggle, prey, put upon, queer, sell short), жокей, бути жокеєм. (various references)

Vietnamese 

người dưới, người cưỡi ngựa đua. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jockey": jockeyed, jockeying, jockeys. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jockey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jacey, jackeen, jackey, Jacksey, Jocke, jocker, jocky, joky, juktki, ocky. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: jokey.

-2 letters: coke, jock, joey, joke, joky, yock, yoke.

-3 letters: coy, joe, joy, key, oke, yok.

-4 letters: jo, oe, oy, ye, yo.

+1 letter: jockeys.

+2 letters: jockeyed.

+3 letters: jockeying.

+4 letters: johnnycake.

+5 letters: jabberwocky, johnnycakes.