jockeys (verb)

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• Jockey — In sport, a jockey is one who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. Horse racingJockeys are normally self employed, nominated by horse trainers to ride their horses in races, for a fee (which is paid… …   Wikipedia

• jockey — I. noun (plural jockeys) Etymology: Jockey, Scots nickname for John Date: 1643 1. a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race 2. a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jockey — I UK [ˈdʒɒkɪ] / US [ˈdʒɑkɪ] noun [countable] Word forms jockey : singular jockey plural jockeys * 1) someone whose job is to ride horses in races 2) informal someone whose work involves the use of a particular object or machine The screech of… …   English dictionary

• bug — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bugge hobgoblin; probably akin to Low German bögge goblin Date: 14th century obsolete bogey, bugbear II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1622 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• jockey — noun (plural jockeys) a professional rider in horse races. verb (jockeys, jockeying, jockeyed) 1》 struggle to gain or achieve something: his successors were already jockeying for position. 2》 handle or manipulate in a skilful manner. Derivatives… …   English new terms dictionary

• jockey — has the plural form jockeys as a noun, and as a verb (used especially in the expression jockey for position) has inflected forms jockeys, jockeyed, jockeying …   Modern English usage

• jockey — ► NOUN (pl. jockeys) ▪ a professional rider in horse races. ► VERB (jockeys, jockeyed) 1) struggle to gain or achieve something. 2) handle or manipulate in a skilful manner. ORIGIN from JOC …   English terms dictionary

• front — [[t]frʌ̱nt[/t]] ♦ fronts, fronting, fronted 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft the N of n The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use. One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the …   English dictionary

• jockey — /ˈdʒɒki / (say jokee) noun (plural jockeys) 1. someone who professionally rides horses in races. 2. someone accompanying a taxidriver who, if a potential passenger gives a destination which does not suit the driver, pretends that they have… …  

• poids — [ pwa ] n. m. • 1564; poids par fausse étym. du lat. pondus; peis, poisXIIe; lat. pensum « ce qui est pesé » I ♦ Force due à l application de la pesanteur sur les corps matériels; mesure de cette force. 1 ♦ Cour. Masse. ♢ Sc. Force exercée sur un …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• horse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fine, good, great, lovely, magnificent ▪ He was mounted on the finest horse you could ever see. ▪ bay …   Collocations dictionary