jockey : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jockey	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for jockey
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jockey n 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" v defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey] compete (for an advantage or a position) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jockey \Jock"ey\, n.; pl. {Jockeys}. [Dim. of Jack, Scot. Jock; orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d {Jack}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jockey \Jock"ey\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jockeyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jockeying}.] 1. [bd] To jostle by riding against one.[b8] --Johnson. 2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jockey \Jock"ey\, v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.