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jockey

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) jockey (noun)
  2. 2) jockey (verb)
  3. jockey boot (noun)
  4. jockey cap (noun)
  5. jockey club (noun)
  6. jockey coat (noun)
  7. jockey pulley (noun)
  8. jockey stick (noun)
  9. jockey weight (noun)
  10. bench jockey (noun)
  11. desk jockey (noun)
  12. disc jockey (noun)
  13. disk jockey
  14. dumb jockey (noun)

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>
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Origin of JOCKEY

Jockey, Scots nickname for John
First Known Use: 1643

Rhymes with JOCKEY

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

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