jockey
jockey Lexical Profile
jockey Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who rides horses in races, especially as a profession.
"The veteran jockey guided the thoroughbred to a narrow victory at the finish line."
A person who operates, controls, or works with a specified apparatus, vehicle, or medium (usually used in combination, as in 'disc jockey' or 'desk jockey').
"After years of working as a radio disc jockey, she transitioned into audio production."
• verb
To struggle or maneuver by every available means to gain an advantage or favorable position.
"Several senior executives began to jockey for position ahead of the company president's retirement."
To maneuver, guide, or manipulate an object or person into a particular place or situation through skillful or adroit handling.
"He carefully jockeyed the heavy delivery truck into the narrow loading bay."
To ride a horse in a race as a professional jockey.
"She was hired to jockey the stable's prized colt in the spring stakes race."
• Rhymes for jockey
Word Origin & Etymology
Originating in the 16th century as a Scots diminutive of the given name 'Jock' (equivalent to English 'Jack'), the word initially referred to any ordinary fellow or lad before narrowing to mean a horse dealer, postilion, and finally a professional racehorse rider.