jockey

¹jock·ey

noun \ˈjä-kē\

plural jockeys

Definition of JOCKEY

1

: a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race

2

: a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material <a bus jockey> <pencil jockeys>

Origin of JOCKEY

Jockey, Scots nickname for John

First Known Use: 1643

Rhymes with JOCKEY

blocky, cocky, hockey, pocky, rocky, sake, stocky, Yaqui

²jockey

verb

jock·eyedjock·ey·ing

Definition of JOCKEY

transitive verb

1

: to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with

2

a : to ride or drive (a horse) as a jockey

b : drive, operate

3

a : to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means <was jockeyed out of the job>

b : to change the position of by a series of movements <jockey a truck into position>

intransitive verb

1

: to act as a jockey

2

: to maneuver for advantage —often used in the phrase jockey for position

Examples of JOCKEY

1. There was a lot of political jockeying at the fund-raiser.
2. The driver carefully jockeyed the truck into a narrow space in the crowded parking lot.

First Known Use of JOCKEY

1708

Rhymes with JOCKEY

rocky