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jockey

Произношение:
jock.ey
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
, pl jockeys [Jockey, Sc nickname for John]
Появление:
(1670)
Определение:
1: a person who rides or drives a horse esp. as a professional in a race 2: a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, or object: operator <an accountant, a pencil ~ -- with almost no association with the out-of-doors --James Selder>

Часть речи:
vb
Происхождение:
jock.eyed ; jock.ey.ing vt
Появление:
(1708)
Определение:
1: to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with 2 a: to ride or drive (a horse) as a jockey b: drive, operate 3 a: to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means <was ~ed out of the job> b: to change the position of by a series of movements <~ a truck into position> ~ vi 1: to act as a jockey 2: to maneuver for advantage--often used in the phrase jockey for position

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