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Noun: jockey (jockeys)  jó-kee
  1. Someone employed to ride horses in horse races
     
  2. An operator of some vehicle, machine or apparatus
    "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
Verb: jockey (jockeyed,jockeys)  jó-kee
  1. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    - cheat, chouse, shaft [informal], screw [informal], chicane
     
  2. Compete (for an advantage or a position)
     
  3. Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

Derived forms: jockeys, jockeying, jockeyed

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, equestrian, horseback rider, horseman, horse-race, maneuver [US], manipulator, manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], operate, operator, shell, trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Jockey, Indiana