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jocky
English
Etymology
jock +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ki
Adjective
jocky (comparative more jocky, superlative most jocky)
- (informal) Jocklike.
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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
Yola
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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