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jock
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John (compare Jack).
Noun
jock (plural jocks)
- (slang, archaic) A common man.
- (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)
- (informal) A jockey.
- (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
- An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
- Synonym: jockstrap
- (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
- (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.
- (slang) A disc jockey.
- (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)
- (slang) to masturbate
- Synonyms: jack off, jerk off, jock off, wank, wank off
- (slang) to humiliate
- Synonym: punk
- (slang) to steal
- Synonym: gank
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
jock
- 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
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nock
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k/
Etymology 1
Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- (archery) The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
- (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Translations
Verb
nock (third-person singular simple present nocks, present participle nocking, simple past and past participle nocked)
- (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. (See also notch (verb).)
- (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Etymology 2
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Misspelling of knock.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
- conk
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