jockey

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who rides racehorses competitively.
2. isim That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
3. isim An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
4. isim A dealer in horses; a horse trader.

   “And the crime for which Nuncomar was about to die was regarded by them in much the same light in which the selling of an unsound horse, for a sound price, is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey.”

5. isim A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
6. isim A prostitute's client.
7. isim A rapist.
8. fiil To ride (a horse) in a race.
9. fiil To jostle by riding against.

   “They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.”

10. fiil To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.

    “They're all jockeying for promotion.”

11. fiil To cheat or trick.

    “I've been jockeyed into doing work for which I get no credit.”