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How to pronounce jockey in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft
Type of beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish, beat
Type Words
Type of manipulator, operator


he's a truck jockey.
a computer jockey.
a disc jockey.
Type Words
Type of operate, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
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Type of horse-race
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Type of equestrian, horseman, horseback rider

Examples of jockey

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From then Illustrious Blue's jockey Jim Crowley was always confident of success.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The jockey has won three of the last four Derbys, the latest aboard Super Saver.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Quinz has been chosen by jockey Richard Johnson, however, and understandably so.
From the independent.co.uk
She and jockey Mike Smith always seem to do just enough to get all the way home.
From the timesunion.com
His father, Gary, is a trainer and his brother, Jamie, is a steeplechase jockey.
From the usatoday.com
Mike Wright was a disc jockey whose friend offered him a job, which he accepted.
From the cnn.com
Live auction of 2006 Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Edgar Prado's Barbaro saddle.
From the courier-journal.com
The stable's main retained jockey, Frankie Dettori, has won the Cup three times.
From the edition.cnn.com
Francis was a distinguished jockey who had a bad fall and retired from the turf.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Cheat: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
  • 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"
  • Compete (for an advantage or a position)
  • Ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
  • In sport, a jockey is one who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.
  • The Jockey is a fictional location on the Channel 4 series Shameless.
  • (Jockeys (TV series)) Jockeys is a weekly American documentary sports reality television series that premiered on February 6, 2009 on Animal Planet. The program chronicles the professional lives of jockeys during the famous thirty-day Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita Park. ...
  • One who rides racehorses competitively; That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire; An operator of some machinery or apparatus; To ride (a horse) in a race; To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage; To cheat or trick