jock

Pluraljocks

1. 1
   nounslangUScountable

   A boy or young man who plays sports, at school or in college.

   My brother was a jock who played every sport at school.

   The jocks were practicing on the football field after class.

   Similarathlete

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2. 2
   nounslangderogatoryUScountable

   A person who loves sports and not much else, often thought of as big, strong and not very smart.

   In the movie, the jock cares only about football.

   The jocks teased him for liking poetry.

   Similarathlete

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   Special underwear that holds a man's private parts in place during sports.

   He bought a new jock before the start of the football season.

   The coach told the boys to wash their jocks after every game.

   Similarjockstrap

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4. 4
   nounslangcountable

   A person who plays music on the radio, also called a DJ.

   The radio jock told jokes between the songs.

   The station hired two new jocks for the night show.

   SimilarDJ, deejay

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A person who rides horses in races.

   The jock wore bright red and gold silks.

   The jocks weighed in before the big race.

   Similarjockey, rider

6. 6
   nounslangderogatoryBritishIrelandcountable

   An unkind name for a man from Scotland.

   Some of the English workers called him a jock to annoy him.

   A group of rowdy fans shouted insults at the jocks who had come down from Glasgow for the match.

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7. 7
   noundialectalYorkshireuncountable

   Food, or a meal.

   Come in, lad, your jock is on the table.

   We took our jock with us in a tin when we went to work.

   Similarfood, grub

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