JOCKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jockey mean? 

• JOCKEY (noun)
  The noun JOCKEY has 2 senses:

1. someone employed to ride horses in horse races

2. an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

  Familiarity information: JOCKEY used as a noun is rare.

• JOCKEY (verb)
  The verb JOCKEY has 3 senses:

1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

2. compete (for an advantage or a position)

3. ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

  Familiarity information: JOCKEY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOCKEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to ride horses in horse races

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("jockey" is a kind of...):

equestrian; horseback rider; horseman (a man skilled in equitation)

Derivation:

jockey (ride a racehorse as a professional jockey)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

a disc jockey

Hypernyms ("jockey" is a kind of...):

manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)

• JOCKEY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jockey    ... he / she / it jockeys   
Past simple: jockeyed   
Past participle: jockeyed   
-ing form: jockeying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

cheat; chicane; chouse; jockey; screw; shaft

Hypernyms (to "jockey" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Compete (for an advantage or a position)

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "jockey" is one way to...):

maneuver; manoeuver; manoeuvre; operate (perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "jockey" is one way to...):

horse-race (compete in a horse race)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

jockey (someone employed to ride horses in horse races)

 Context examples 

Sometimes it is a pulling jockey.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Take care of yourself, jockey of Norfolk!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The man he is talking to is Sir Charles Bunbury, of the Jockey Club, who had the Prince warned off the Heath at Newmarket on account of the in-and-out riding of Sam Chifney, his jockey.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We stood gazing at each other for some time; at last I took the boldness to reach my hand towards his neck with a design to stroke it, using the common style and whistle of jockeys, when they are going to handle a strange horse.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“I have every hope, however, that your horse will start upon Tuesday, and I beg that you will have your jockey in readiness. Might I ask for a photograph of Mr. John Straker?”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has served the Colonel for five years as jockey and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a zealous and honest servant.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross’s colours before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)