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Meaning of Jocks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Male briefs.
    Australia, plural, plural-only, slang
  2. Underwear.
    Ireland, plural, plural-only, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“"My name's Bill. I'm from Western Australia. I was sleeping in my panel van across the creek in the park, and I guess the flood waters picked up the van. I still can't believe what happened, but at least I'm still alive. All I've got left is what I'm standing in: my jocks."”
“"Please, Ryan. I don't want to come downstairs every morning and find you lounging around in your jocks on my couch. It's too ... studenty."”
“She didn't have time to shower, let alone change from her jocks. She pulls her hair backward in a knot.”
“[Nicole O'Connor:] It's not blowing the jocks off me, but it's like... it's like gently kind of puffing the jocks off me. [Cameraman:] Jocks is Irish slang for underwear.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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