different between jock vs jouk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John (compare Jack).

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (slang, archaic) A common man.
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.

Etymology 2

The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap, which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of jock itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (informal) A jockey.
2. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

   Synonym: jockstrap

4. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
5. (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
6. (slang) A disc jockey.
7. (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

jock (third-person singular simple present jocks, present participle jocking, simple past and past participle jocked)

1. (slang) to masturbate

   Synonyms: jack off, jerk off, jock off, wank, wank off

2. (slang) to humiliate

   Synonym: punk

3. (slang) to steal

   Synonym: gank

Yola

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jock

1. belly

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Verb

jouk (third-person singular simple present jouks, present participle jouking, simple past and past participle jouked)

1. Alternative form of juke

Scots

Alternative forms

• jook, jeuk, juik, duik

Etymology 1

Variant of deuk, from Middle English d?ke or dukke. Compare Proto-Germanic *d?kan? (“to duck, dive”).

Verb

jouk (third-person singular present jouks, present participle joukin, past jouked, past participle jouked)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to duck; to move away quickly to avoid (something); to evade
2. (intransitive) to bow, to cower
3. (transitive) to duck into water; to souse

Noun

jouk (plural jouks)

1. a quick, evasive movement
2. a bow or curtsey
3. a trick; a deception
4. (of a river) a bend, a meander

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from the “evade” sense of Etymology 1, above.

Noun

jouk (plural jouks)

1. jumper, jersey, pullover, sweater; (typically) of something hidden or carried under one's clothing

References

• “jouk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “deuk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “jouk, n.²” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries. 2005 supplement.

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *joukko.

Noun

jouk

1. group