different between jock vs prep

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: pr?p, IPA^(key): /p??p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

prep (countable and uncountable, plural preps)

1. (countable) Preparation.
2. Abbreviation of preposition.
4. (informal, countable) A prep school.
5. (informal, countable) A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy. [from late 19th c.]
6. (Britain, uncountable) Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
7. (Philippines) preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
8. Alternative form of PrEP

Translations

Verb

prep (third-person singular simple present preps, present participle prepping, simple past and past participle prepped)

2. (informal) To prepare.

Translations

Anagrams

• Repp, perp, repp

Middle Irish

Noun

prep f

1. a start, bounce

Descendants

• Irish: preab