Jocker
noun
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[jok-ee] /ˈdʒɒk i/ noun, plural jockeys. 1. a person who rides horses professionally in races. 2. Informal. a person who pilots, operates, or guides the movement of something, as an airplane or automobile. verb (used with object), jockeyed, jockeying. 3. to ride (a horse) as a jockey. 4. Informal. to operate or guide the movement […]
- Jockey-box
noun, Chiefly Northwestern U.S. 1. a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- Jockey-cap
noun 1. a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys. noun 1. a cap with a long peak projecting from the forehead
- Jockey-club
noun 1. an association for the regulation and promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, usually composed of racing officials and thoroughbred owners at a specific racetrack or in a particular region. 2. a section at a racetrack reserved for members of such an association, containing box seats, a restaurant, and sometimes rooms for social gatherings. noun […]
- Jockey for position
Maneuver or manipulate for one’s own benefit, as in The singers are always jockeying for position on stage. This expression, dating from about 1900, originally meant maneuvering a race horse into a better position for winning. It was transferred to other kinds of manipulation in the mid-1900s.