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jockey(2)(dictionary)
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Stock jockey(finance)
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Jockey shorts(dictionary)
disc jockey(dictionary)
jockey 1, noun(dictionary)
jockey 2, verb(dictionary)

jockey(2) (iou)



jockey verb. E18.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Behave towards in the manner attributed to horse-dealers; gain the advantage of or manipulate by trickery; outwit, overreach. E18.
b. Get (a person or thing) out, into, away, etc., by trickery; cheat or do out of. E18.
F. L. Allen He adroitly jockeyed..Dougherty out of the Cabinet.
verb intrans. & trans. Ride (a horse) as a jockey. M18.
verb intrans. Struggle to secure an advantage, esp. by skilful manoeuvres or artifice. Usu. foll. by for. E19.
W. Irving To get a good seat..a vast deal of jockeying and unfair play was shown. M. Piercy Everybody was jockeying for telephone time.