American English pronunciation

How to pronounce jockey

IPA transcription: ['dʒɑki]

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Noun

  • someone employed to ride horses in horse races

  • an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

    “he's a truck jockey”

    “a computer jockey”

    “a disc jockey”

Verb

  • defeat someone through trickery or deceit

  • compete (for an advantage or a position)

  • ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

Usage examples

  • Mr. Cheng is a voting member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
  • This includes singers, songwriters, disc jockeys, and others.
  • A horse jockey covered in mud during a race
  • Blacker began his working life in horse-racing and as an amateur jockey.
  • jockeys racing horses at high speed
  • Two other sites in Morris County are the Ford Mansion and Jockey Hollow.
  • A horse jockey is riding on a course.
  • The weight is calculated adding the weight of the jockey with the one of the saddle.
  • While in Cleveland, they met local disc jockey Bill Randle.
  • A jockey is perched atop a brown horse as people mill about behind them