jockey

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a professional rider who competes in horse races

   The jockey guided the horse through a narrow opening near the rail.

2. 2
   verb

   to maneuver carefully or competitively in order to gain a favorable position or advantage

   Several candidates jockeyed for influence before the leadership vote.

3. 3
   verb

   to handle, operate, or move something skillfully, especially a vehicle or machine

   The driver jockeyed the truck into the crowded loading bay.

Common collocations

• jockey club Noun + noun

A diminutive of Jock, a Scots form of John once used generically for a boy or fellow. It was applied to horse dealers and riders, some stereotyped as cunning, which produced the racing noun and the verb senses of maneuvering or outwitting.

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