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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

3 entries under this word

Jockey

Jŏck'ey, n.

noun

n. [pl. JŎCK'EYS. [Diminutive of Jock, Scot. Jock, diminutive of John; originally a boy who rides horses.]

  1. A man who rides horses in a race. Addison.
  2. A dealer in horses; one who makes it his business to buy and sell horses for gain.
  3. A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade.

Jôck'ey, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. JOCKEYED; p. pr. & vb. n. JOCKEYING.] 1. To play the jockey, toward; to cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade.

Sense 2. To jostle by riding against. Johnson.

Jôck'ey, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To play or act the jockey.