JOCKEY

jockey

(noun) someone employed to ride horses in horse races

jockey

(noun) an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; “he’s a truck jockey”; “a computer jockey”; “a disc jockey”

jockey

(verb) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey

(verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

jockey (plural jockeys)

One who rides racehorses competitively.

That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire

An operator of some machinery or apparatus.

(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.

(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.

(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

(Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.

• (prostitute's client): see prostitute's client

jockey (third-person singular simple present jockeys, present participle jockeying, simple past and past participle jockeyed)

To ride (a horse) in a race.

To jostle by riding against.

To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.

To cheat or trick.

Source: Wiktionary

Jock"ey, n.; pl. Jockeys. Etym: [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.

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.

Jock"ey, v. i.

Definition: To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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