different between jock vs meathead

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

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Etymology

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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

Etymology

From meat +? head.The term meathead is often said to come from the classic 1970s television situation comedy "All In The Family," wherein main character Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) used the nickname to address his son-in-law, Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner), starting with the premiere episode ("Meet the Bunkers") that first aired January 12, 1971. The term is also used three times in the "Star Witness" episode of the television situation comedy "Green Acres," an episode that first aired January 26, 1971, exactly two weeks after the premiere of "All in the Family." However, the word appeared in writing as early as 1863.

Pronunciation

Noun

meathead (plural meatheads)

1. (slang) An ungainly, dull or stupid person; someone who is lazy, disrespectful and/or whose beliefs and philosophies clash with another.
2. (slang) A large, muscular, stupid male, especially an athlete.

   Synonyms: brute, jock

   Gary was a hulking meathead who, when he wasn't playing football, was either hunting, fishing or getting drunk and rowdy in some topless bar.

3. (military, slang, Canada) A member of the Canadian Forces Military Police.

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