Synonyms for jock
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jok |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’É’k |
Définition of jock
Origin :- 1952, short for jockstrap "supporter of the male genital organs," which also meant, in slang, "athletic male." Jock with the meaning "an athletic man" is from 1963, American English slang.
- noun athlete
- "And the jock'll have to stand the shot; I know how it goes," asserted the Tout.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "Men do call me Jock o' Teviotdale, and thence am I come," said the stranger.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- "Jock of Norfolk" is represented by a descendant of noble impulses.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- A jock has got to weigh in and weigh out on the dot when Parker is on the job.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- All the way—down the stretch—he was asayin' to me: 'Come on, jock!
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- Pity you ain't ridin' some 'em races Johnson's jock tosses off.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- Jock says you can be made to give me up; he says it'll be a case of kidnapping.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various
- Wal, they may be officers, but they're a difrrunt kind than Jock Hawkins.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish
- Going to hang the Indian sign on them with a silver doctor and a Jock Scott.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- In and out of barns and outbuildings went Jock, his heart in his work.
- Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke
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