Meaning of JOCKEY
| Pronunciation: | | 'jâkee
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- [n] someone employed to ride horses in horse races
- [n] an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
- [v] ride a race-horse as a professional jockey
- [v] defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
- [v] compete (for an advantage or a position)
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| | Synonyms: | | cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat out, crush, equestrian, horseback rider, horseman, horse-race, maneuver, manipulator, manoeuvre, operate, operator, shell, trounce, vanquish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a jockey in your dream, foretells of a gift from an unexpected source.
Dreaming that a jockey is thrown from his house means your assistance will be called on by strangers. |
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| | Related Terms: | | angle, beguile, bellyband, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cavalier, cavalryman, challenge, chevalier, cinch, circus rider, compete, compete with, contrive, cope, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher, emulate, engineer, equestrian, equestrienne, exploit, finagle, finesse, flier, gaucho, gerrymander, girt, girth, goer, hell-driver, horn, horse racer, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, hummer, hustler, intrigue, Jehu, knight, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, meet, mounted policeman, outvie, play, play games, plot, pommel, postboy, postilion, pull strings, puncher, racer, rider, rival, roughrider, runner, scheme, scorcher, sizzler, speed demon, speeder, steeplechaser, stepper, stirrup, surcingle, test one another, trick rider, turfman, vaquero, vie, vie with, wangle |
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