1
: athlete sense 1
especially
: a school or college athlete
2
: a person devoted to a single pursuit or interest
computer jocks
4
: pilot
especially
: a fighter pilot
1
2
Examples of jock in a Sentence
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Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
But in reality, a new study suggests that rather than becoming something resembling Back to the Future’s Biff Tannen, the class jock is increasingly likely to become your future boss.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
Bush, Kebbel, Ashanti and Brittany Snow all played love interests of high school jock John, teaming up to take murderous revenge on him.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
Mooney uses this opportunity to cycle through the different subgroups of the era, from the jocks to the underground hip-hop heads and more.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The Grammy winner was spotted cheering enthusiastically for the home team alongside the jock’s mother, Donna Kelce.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In high schools across the country, jocks and theater kids too often live in distinct social strata.
—Gwydion Suilebhan, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
To many of these constituents, a ballpark represents a final nail in the coffin — capital squashing art, the jocks exiling the freaks.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
Just as faithfully, Clooney acknowledges how little politics registered to these jocks.
—Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Noun
There are bits of Isaac, this nerdy jock who thinks his grief is blasphemous, that are very close to me.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
But in reality, a new study suggests that rather than becoming something resembling Back to the Future’s Biff Tannen, the class jock is increasingly likely to become your future boss.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 28 Mar. 2024
Bush, Kebbel, Ashanti and Brittany Snow all played love interests of high school jock John, teaming up to take murderous revenge on him.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
Mooney uses this opportunity to cycle through the different subgroups of the era, from the jocks to the underground hip-hop heads and more.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The Grammy winner was spotted cheering enthusiastically for the home team alongside the jock’s mother, Donna Kelce.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
In high schools across the country, jocks and theater kids too often live in distinct social strata.
—Gwydion Suilebhan, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
To many of these constituents, a ballpark represents a final nail in the coffin — capital squashing art, the jocks exiling the freaks.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
Just as faithfully, Clooney acknowledges how little politics registered to these jocks.
—Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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“Jock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jock. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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