jockey Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone employed to ride horses in horse races
  2. noun an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus
    • he's a truck jockey
    • a computer jockey
    • a disc jockey
  3. verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    shaft; chouse; chicane; screw; cheat.
  4. verb compete (for an advantage or a position)
  5. verb ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

WordNet

Jock"ey noun
Etymology
Dim. of Jack, Scot. Jock; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d Jack.
Wordforms
plural Jockeys
Definitions
  1. A professional rider of horses in races. Addison.
  2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. Macaulay.
  3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Jock"ey transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jockeyed ; present participle & verbal noun Jockeying
Definitions
  1. " To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.
  2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jock"ey intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.

Webster 1913