plural jockeys
1
: someone who rides horses in races
2
informal
: someone who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material
a bus jockey [=a bus driver]
computer jockeys
jockeys; jockeyed; jockeying
1
: to do something in an effort to get an advantage
There was a lot of political jockeying at the fund-raiser.
—often used in the phrase jockey for positionSeveral companies are jockeying for position [=are trying to get a better position or situation] in the market.
2
chiefly US
: to change the position of (something) by slow and careful movements
The driver carefully jockeyed the truck into a narrow space in the crowded parking lot.
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“Jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/jockey. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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