jockey

Meanings

• noun

  A person who drives a horse-drawn vehicle or rides a horse, especially in a race.

• noun

  A person who operates or manages something, especially in a competitive environment.

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with jockey
boyley , toyley , jokey , spoyley

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Variants

List of all variants of jockey that leads to same result
jockey , jockeys , jockeyed , jockeying , jockey club , jockey clubs , jockey for position , bench jockey , bench jockeys , desk jockey , disc jockey , disc jockeys , disk jockey , disk jockeys , disc-jockey , disk-jockey , disc jockeyed , disc-jockeyed , disk jockeyed , disk-jockeyed , disc jockeying , disc-jockeying , disk jockeying , disk-jockeying , disc-jockeys , disk-jockeys

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'driver of a cart' or 'charioteer'. Derived from the Old French word 'joger', meaning 'to drive' or 'to ride'.

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Trivia

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1. The lightest jockey to ever win a major race was Yutaka Take, who weighed only 98 pounds (44.5 kg).

2. The term 'jockey' comes from the Old French word 'joger', which means 'to drive' or 'to ride'.

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Related Concepts

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1. horse racing: A sport or competition in which horses race against each other.

2. silks: A colorful garment worn by jockeys in horse racing to distinguish themselves from other riders.

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Culture

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In horse racing, jockeys wear distinctive silks to distinguish themselves from other riders. They must maintain a light weight to ride the horse effectively and must communicate with the horse using subtle body movements and voice commands.

How to Memorize "jockey"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person riding a horse in a race, wearing jockey silks and using subtle body movements to communicate with the horse.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'jockey' with the image of a horse race and the sound of a crowd cheering.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'JOC-KEY' to remember that a jockey is a 'Jockey Operating a Cart-K Horse'.

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