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Jock

//ˈd͡ʒɒk// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname.

    "- - - If you want a Scotch name why don't you call him Jock?" Macgregor looked disgusted. "Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more."

  2. 2
    A given name.
  3. 3
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A common man. archaic, slang
  2. 2
    A jockey. informal

    ""You've heard of him?" "No." "Why, young fellah, where have you lived? Sir John Ballinger is the best gentleman jock in the north country.""

  3. 3
    Food; meals. Yorkshire, dialectal, uncountable

    "Thear's boan-idle nowbles, baht hahses an' lands, 'at al walk on a carpeted path, an' nivver do nowt wi' ther lily-white hands bud lift uther fowk's jock to ther maath."

  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of jock UK, alt-of, slang
  5. 5
    a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise wordnet
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  1. 6
    A Scotsman. British, Ireland, derogatory, slang
  2. 7
    The penis. dated, rare, slang
  3. 8
    a person trained to compete in sports wordnet
  4. 9
    An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
  5. 10
    A young male athlete (through college age). US, slang
  6. 11
    An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength. US, derogatory, slang

    "'Cause all jocks ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is sex."

  7. 12
    A disc jockey. slang

    "There was never a single listener protest or objection — the entire opposition to the content of the program came from a few jocks within the station."

  8. 13
    A specialist computer programmer. US, dated, in-compounds, slang

    "compiler jock"

Verb
  1. 1
    To masturbate. slang
  2. 2
    To humiliate. slang
  3. 3
    To steal. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Jock, a Scottish hypocoristic form of John (compare Jack).

Etymology 2

The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the mid-20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Etymology 4

A Scots variant of Jack.

Etymology 5

A Scots variant of Jack.

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