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jock¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

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

noun jocks

  1. archaic, slang A common man.
  2. Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang A Scotsman.

jock²

  • /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

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.

noun jocks

  1. informal A jockey. "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."
  2. dated, rare, slang The penis.
  3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

    Similar: jockstrap

  4. US, slang A young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.
  5. US, derogatory, slang An enthusiastic sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength. 'Cause all jocks ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is sex.
  6. slang A disc jockey. 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.
  7. US, dated, in compounds, slang A specialist computer programmer. compiler jock

jock³

  • /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk

verb jocks · jocking · jocked

  1. slang To masturbate.

    Similar: jack off, jerk off, wank, wank off

  2. slang To humiliate.

    Similar: punk

  3. slang To steal.

    Similar: gank

jock⁴

  • /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun

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

Jock⁵

  • /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒk

proper noun

  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
  2. A given name.
  3. A surname.

noun Jocks

  1. UK, slang Alternative letter-case form of jock

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: athlete, stud, strap, jockey, hunting, hunt, jackass, jerk, rider, boy, sportsmanship, sporting, sport, dork, sportsman, brute

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noun athlete

中文體育生 /体育生 tǐyùshēng
DeutschSportskanone

noun enthusiastic athlete or sports fan

DeutschSportsfreund

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@misc{jock_2026,
  title = {jock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}