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noun dʒɒkdʒɑk informal 1A disc jockey. Example sentencesExamples - Are all radio jocks born with that annoying radio jock voice?
- The blond and the jock were still finishing up their witty repartee while frantic techno music rattled on in the background.
- Dashboard Confessional took the stage to a lot of high-pitched screaming and proceeded to impress even the most ardent of jocks with their acoustic-meets-emo stylings.
- How many times have you listened to a sports presenter/commentator/jock - especially a jock - assert this?
- Sports talk-radio jocks hammered at the stars for betraying the public trust.
2North American An enthusiast or participant in a specified activity. Example sentencesExamples - He was well known by all students, whether they were jocks or computer geeks, the name Ricky Han was always followed by some form of recognition.
- I was insecure about being some kind of a commando jock photographer, but once everyone was awake we'd hit the streets and the bros were psyched.
- 2.1US A pilot or astronaut.
Example sentencesExamples - And keep in mind, these are Air Force fighter jocks - some of the most respected, and feared, military officers in the world.
- In their other lives, some are commercial pilots, ex-military jocks, suits with office jobs.
- Curiously, Will argues in favor of making pilots - even Air Force fighter jocks - wear bow ties.
- Fighter jocks are what the Air Force is all about.
Synonyms airman, airwoman, flyer, aeronaut
Origin Late 18th century (denoting a rider in horse races): abbreviation. Rhymes ad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok noun dʒɒkdʒɑk North American informal 1 another term for jockstrap Example sentencesExamples - Young amateurs like the shorts, too, even though they cost about twice as much as jocks.
- He faked Penny out of his jock, drove baseline and threw down a two-handed dunk.
- They also more frequently used hip checks to dislodge rushers from their jocks.
- He knew when Sampson was likely to shoot, when he was likely to pass, and when he was likely to adjust his jock.
- If Cadillac had gotten that handoff, he probably would have scored, but he would have left Allen without another piece of equipment - his jock.
- He did that with more style, grace, brilliance and dominance than anyone I saw in more than four decades of talking to people in jocks.
- I put on my socks, the jock, the shorts, and then the jersey, followed by sweatbands on my left arm and an elbow pad on my right arm.
- Bobby Butler, one of the cornerbacks you chose for Atlanta's team, couldn't carry his jock.
- Cutler is no stranger to the brutality of the gridiron, having strapped on a jock and shoulder pads during his salad days as a high-school football player.
- They're either putting itchy cream in your jock or Vaseline in your helmet or baby powder inside your clothes.
- He'll put Icy Hot in your jock and anything else.
- When a man dancing in a jock is the prize, that makes you want to prove that there are limits to what a team can do.
- Drafting without Joel was like the ballpark without beer, jocks without straps and Kansas without Todo.
2An enthusiastic male athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests. Example sentencesExamples - That's right, my brother is not only a jock, he's a smart jock.
- You can just hear him, a couple years from now: ‘All jocks think about is sports.’
- Directly in front of me, a round lunch table was surrounded by a group of guys, all either athletes and jocks, or just popular boys.
- ‘Many people considered athletes dumb jocks, and I wanted to break loose from that barrier,’ he recalls.
- The movie spec suggests macho, testosterone-soaked fare that will appeal only to sports jocks.
- He was yanked into an all guy group of basketball jocks and football jocks.
- ‘Yes I don't want them thinking I am in anyway like those shallow minded jocks and jock goddesses’.
- There were cheerleaders, football players, other jocks, other girls who looked like they could be cheerleaders.
- They don't move, they speak like they're afraid to be up there, and the audience is all jocks waiting to see cute chicks.
- Jocks were jocks, after all, and the bigger they were, the more invincible they acted.
- Yet in some high schools, Straight Edgers have as much of a presence as say, the jocks or the Goth kids.
- The fraternity brothers were all football jocks and basketball stars.
- So you end up in a study group with a bunch of jocks and your erstwhile friend says, ‘I hate jocks now.’
- 80s movies aside, the truth is that when jocks and nerds collide the jocks pretty much almost always win.
- I spent that entire summer at a fat camp where I lost 75 pounds and became an athletic jock.
- Jocks don't necessarily just hang out with jocks.
- Several of the other jocks in the room snickered, apparently finding his question most hilarious.
- It is pure snobbery to loom at athletes as ‘dumb jocks.’
- Each jock was questioned about what he had done just previous to riding the race.
- ‘This frat is mostly joined by jocks,’ Tara announced, sounding like a tour guide.
Synonyms sportswoman, sportsman, sportsperson
Derivatives adjective North American informal Said good looks combined with a somewhat jockish personality gained him a seat in the world of the popular at Ascension. Example sentencesExamples - They have nothing going for them except jockish good looks.
- Your obviously jockish tendencies evidently annoy him.
- Universal differs from Scubar in that the patrons are slightly more palatable, still jockish, however and with an emphasis on the metro.
- A recent photograph in Details magazine reveals a jockish, broadly smiling Pace with his arm around costar Shawn Hatosy.
noun dʒɒk derogatory, informal A Scotsman (often as a form of address).
Origin Early 16th century: Scots form of the given name Jack, originally as a name for an ordinary man (compare with jack1). The current sense dates from the late 18th century. nounjäkdʒɑk informal 1A disc jockey. Example sentencesExamples - Are all radio jocks born with that annoying radio jock voice?
- Dashboard Confessional took the stage to a lot of high-pitched screaming and proceeded to impress even the most ardent of jocks with their acoustic-meets-emo stylings.
- Sports talk-radio jocks hammered at the stars for betraying the public trust.
- The blond and the jock were still finishing up their witty repartee while frantic techno music rattled on in the background.
- How many times have you listened to a sports presenter/commentator/jock - especially a jock - assert this?
2North American An enthusiast or participant in a specified activity. Example sentencesExamples - I was insecure about being some kind of a commando jock photographer, but once everyone was awake we'd hit the streets and the bros were psyched.
- He was well known by all students, whether they were jocks or computer geeks, the name Ricky Han was always followed by some form of recognition.
- 2.1US A pilot or astronaut.
Example sentencesExamples - Fighter jocks are what the Air Force is all about.
- And keep in mind, these are Air Force fighter jocks - some of the most respected, and feared, military officers in the world.
- In their other lives, some are commercial pilots, ex-military jocks, suits with office jobs.
- Curiously, Will argues in favor of making pilots - even Air Force fighter jocks - wear bow ties.
Synonyms airman, airwoman, flyer, aeronaut
Origin Late 18th century (denoting a rider in horse races): abbreviation of jockey. nounjäkdʒɑk North American informal 1 another term for jockstrap Example sentencesExamples - I put on my socks, the jock, the shorts, and then the jersey, followed by sweatbands on my left arm and an elbow pad on my right arm.
- He'll put Icy Hot in your jock and anything else.
- When a man dancing in a jock is the prize, that makes you want to prove that there are limits to what a team can do.
- They also more frequently used hip checks to dislodge rushers from their jocks.
- He faked Penny out of his jock, drove baseline and threw down a two-handed dunk.
- If Cadillac had gotten that handoff, he probably would have scored, but he would have left Allen without another piece of equipment - his jock.
- He knew when Sampson was likely to shoot, when he was likely to pass, and when he was likely to adjust his jock.
- Cutler is no stranger to the brutality of the gridiron, having strapped on a jock and shoulder pads during his salad days as a high-school football player.
- He did that with more style, grace, brilliance and dominance than anyone I saw in more than four decades of talking to people in jocks.
- Bobby Butler, one of the cornerbacks you chose for Atlanta's team, couldn't carry his jock.
- They're either putting itchy cream in your jock or Vaseline in your helmet or baby powder inside your clothes.
- Young amateurs like the shorts, too, even though they cost about twice as much as jocks.
- Drafting without Joel was like the ballpark without beer, jocks without straps and Kansas without Todo.
- 1.1 An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests.
Example sentencesExamples - 80s movies aside, the truth is that when jocks and nerds collide the jocks pretty much almost always win.
- He was yanked into an all guy group of basketball jocks and football jocks.
- Each jock was questioned about what he had done just previous to riding the race.
- ‘This frat is mostly joined by jocks,’ Tara announced, sounding like a tour guide.
- Jocks don't necessarily just hang out with jocks.
- Yet in some high schools, Straight Edgers have as much of a presence as say, the jocks or the Goth kids.
- It is pure snobbery to loom at athletes as ‘dumb jocks.’
- That's right, my brother is not only a jock, he's a smart jock.
- ‘Many people considered athletes dumb jocks, and I wanted to break loose from that barrier,’ he recalls.
- You can just hear him, a couple years from now: ‘All jocks think about is sports.’
- Jocks were jocks, after all, and the bigger they were, the more invincible they acted.
- So you end up in a study group with a bunch of jocks and your erstwhile friend says, ‘I hate jocks now.’
- There were cheerleaders, football players, other jocks, other girls who looked like they could be cheerleaders.
- Directly in front of me, a round lunch table was surrounded by a group of guys, all either athletes and jocks, or just popular boys.
- The movie spec suggests macho, testosterone-soaked fare that will appeal only to sports jocks.
- Several of the other jocks in the room snickered, apparently finding his question most hilarious.
- ‘Yes I don't want them thinking I am in anyway like those shallow minded jocks and jock goddesses’.
- I spent that entire summer at a fat camp where I lost 75 pounds and became an athletic jock.
- They don't move, they speak like they're afraid to be up there, and the audience is all jocks waiting to see cute chicks.
- The fraternity brothers were all football jocks and basketball stars.
Synonyms sportswoman, sportsman, sportsperson
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