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jock

nounnounverbnouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈd͡ʒɒk//
  • United States//ˈd͡ʒɑk//

A Scotsman.

noun

  1. 1

    archaicA common man.

  2. 2

    slangA Scotsman.

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack English Jock English jock From Jock, a Scottish hypocoristic form of John (compare Jack).

noun

  1. 1

    informalA 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. 2

    datedThe penis.

  3. 3

    An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

  4. 4

    slangA young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.

  5. 5

    slangAn 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. 6

    slangA 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.

    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 […]

  7. 7

    datedA specialist computer programmer.

    compiler jock

    systems jock

Etymology

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.

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo masturbate.

  2. 2

    slangTo humiliate.

  3. 3

    slangTo steal.

noun

  1. 1

    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.

    Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht jock?

Etymology

Unknown.

Forms

plural
jocks
past tense
jocked
past participle
jocked
present participle
jocking
third person singular
jocks
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).