Meaning of Jock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of jock
   UK, alt-of, slang
2. Food; meals.
   Yorkshire, dialectal, uncountable
3. A common man.
   archaic, slang
4. A jockey.
   informal
5. A nickname.
6. A given name.
7. A Scotsman.
   British, Ireland, derogatory, slang
8. The penis.
   dated, rare, slang
9. A surname.
10. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
11. A young male athlete (through college age).
    US, slang
12. An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
    US, derogatory, slang
13. A disc jockey.
    slang
14. A specialist computer programmer.
    US, dated, in-compounds, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“"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."”

“'Cause all jocks ever think⟳ about is sports, all we ever think⟳ about is sex.”

“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.”

“As a teenager, I laid down the sword and decided I wanted to be a disc jockey. […] I'd sit⟳ outside the studio and watch⟳ with envy and admiration as the jocks performed in the small room on the other side of the soundproof window […]”

“compiler jock”

“systems jock”

“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.”

“Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht jock?”

“- - - 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 say⟳ no more.”

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