Jocks


[jok] /dʒɒk/

noun, Informal.
1.
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2.
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[jok] /dʒɒk/
noun
1.
a jockstrap.
2.
Informal. an athlete.
3.
Informal. an enthusiast:
a computer jock.
[jok] /dʒɒk/
noun
1.
Scot. and Irish English.

2.
British Informal.

3.
a male given name.
/dʒɒk/
noun
1.
(informal) short for disc jockey
2.
(informal) short for jockstrap
3.
(US, informal) an athlete
4.
(NZ, mining) a pointed bar of steel inserted into the wheel of a mine vehicle and used for emergency braking
/dʒɒk/
noun
1.
a slang word or term of address for a Scot
n.

1952, short for jockstrap “supporter of the male genital organs,” which also meant, in slang, “athletic male.” Jock with the meaning “an athletic man” is from 1963, American English slang.

noun

[the basic etymon is jock, ”penis,” fr jack, probably the diminutive of John, which fr the 14th century has been applied to males, malelike things, and male organs; the sense ”athlete” is fr jockstrap]

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