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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