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==English==
==English==


===Etymology 1===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈd͡ʒɒk/|a=RP}}
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{{unk|en}}. Suggested to be a [[hypocoristic]] for {{m|en|John}}.
* {{IPA|en|/ˈd͡ʒɑk/|a=GA}}
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* {{audio|en|En-au-jock.ogg|a=AU}}
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* {{rhymes|en|ɒk|s=1}}


====Pronunciation====
===Etymology 1===
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{{unk|en}}. Suggested to be a [[hypocoristic]] for {{m|en|John}} (compare {{m|en|Jack}}).
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* {{audio|en|En-au-jock.ogg|Audio (AU)}}
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* {{rhymes|en|ɒk}}


====Noun====
====Noun====
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# {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} A common [[man]].
# {{lb|en|slang|archaic}} A common [[man]].
# {{lb|en|British|slang|pejorative}} A [[Scotsman]].
# {{lb|en|British|Irish|slang|pejorative}} A [[Scotsman]].


===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
The computer slang meanings are derived from [[jockey]]. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of [[jockstrap]], which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of [[jock]] itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.
The computer slang meanings are derived from {{m|en|jockey}}. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of {{m|en|jockstrap}}, which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of {{m|en|jock}} itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.


====Noun====
====Noun====
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{lb|en|informal}} A [[jockey]].
#* {{RQ:Doyle Lost World|passage="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."}}
# {{lb|en|slang|rare|dated}} The [[penis]].
# {{lb|en|slang|rare|dated}} The [[penis]].
# An [[athletic supporter]] worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports, a [[jockstrap]].
# An [[athletic supporter]] worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
#: {{syn|en|jockstrap}}
# {{lb|en|US|slang}} A young male [[athlete]] (through college age).
# {{lb|en|US|slang}} A young male [[athlete]] (through college age).
# {{lb|en|US|slang|pejorative}} An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests. A slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength. A pretty boy that shows off in sport.
# {{lb|en|US|slang|pejorative}} An enthusiastic [[athlete]] or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
#* {{quote-av|en|medium=motion picture|author=Steve Zacharias; Jeff Buhai (screenplay)|role=Lewis|actor=Robert Carradine|title=Revenge of the Nerds|year=1984|passage='Cause all '''jocks''' ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is sex.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[disc jockey]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[disc jockey]].
#* '''2010''', Stephen B. McSwain, ''The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God'' (page 95)
#* '''1977''' April 16, "Hartford Radio Show Axed", in ''Gay Community News'', page 6, quoting Eric Gordon:
#*: 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 {{...}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Stephen B. McSwain|title=The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God|page=95|passage=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 {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|US|slang|computing|in combination}} A specialist computer programmer.
# {{lb|en|US|dated|_|computing|_|slang|in combination}} A specialist computer programmer.
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#: ''a compiler '''jock'''; a systems '''jock'''''
#: {{ux|en|compiler '''jock'''}}
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#: {{ux|en|systems '''jock'''}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
{{trans-see|''(obsolete in English)'' penis|penis}}
{{trans-see|penis}}


{{trans-see|jockstrap}}
{{trans-see|jockstrap}}


{{trans-top|athlete}}
{{trans-top|athlete}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|體育生}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sportsnørd|c}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sportsnørd|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|urheilija}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|urheilija}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sportskanone|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sportskanone|f}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|áaleʼé atah naanéhígíí}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|áaleʼé atah naanéhígíí}}
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{{trans-top|enthusiastic athlete or sports fan}}
{{trans-top|enthusiastic athlete or sports fan}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sportsidiot|c}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sportsidiot|c}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ayóoʼakalígíí}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ayóoʼakalígíí}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|specialist computer programmer}}
{{trans-top|specialist computer programmer}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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{{en-verb}}
{{en-verb}}


# {{lb|en|slang}} to [[masturbate]]
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[masturbate]].
#: {{syn|en|jack off|jerk off|jock off|wank|wank off}}
#: {{syn|en|jack off|jerk off|wank|wank off}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} to [[humiliate]]
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[humiliate]].
#: {{syn|en|punk}}
#: {{syn|en|punk}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} to [[steal]]
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[steal]].
#: {{syn|en|gank}}
#: {{syn|en|gank}}


===Etymology 4===
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{{C|en|Stock characters}}
{{unk|en}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|dialect|Yorkshire}} Food; meals.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1881|author=Ben Preston|title=Dialect and Other Poems|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Dialect_and_Other_Poems/208CAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=baht+jock&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover|page=19|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1884|author=William Cudworth (of Bradford)|title=Yorkshire Dialect and Character Sketches|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Yorkshire_Dialect_and_Character_Sketches/hG9lnNHp7WQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=baht+jock&pg=PA15&printsec=frontcover|page=15|passage=Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht '''jock'''?}}

===Derived terms===
{{der2|en|title=terms derived from all etymologies (should be sorted)|bubbley-jock|bubbly-jock|jock itch|jock off|jock sniffer|jock strap|radio jock|rock jock|shock jock|talk jock|rocks for jocks}}

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{{C|en|Genitalia|People|Stock characters}}

==Yola==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|yol|enm|jakke}}, from {{der|yol|xno|jacke}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|yol|/d͡ʒɔk/}}

===Noun===
{{head|yol|noun}}

# [[jack]], leather [[coat]]
#* {{quote-book|yol|year=1867|chapter=VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE|number=3|page=100|title=SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY|passage=At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear '''jock''' an cooan.|translation=That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty '''jack''' and can.}}


===References===
[[Category:en:People]]
* {{R:Poole 1867|page=48}}

Latest revision as of 12:02, 27 September 2024

See also: Jock

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John (compare Jack).

Noun

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jock (plural jocks)

  1. (slang, archaic) A common man.
  2. (British, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.

Etymology 2

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The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the middle 20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap, which is in turn derived from the older slang meaning of jock itself, which dates from the 17th century, and whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

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jock (plural jocks)

  1. (informal) A jockey.
  2. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
  3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
    Synonym: jockstrap
  4. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
  5. (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
    • 1984, Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai (screenplay), Revenge of the Nerds (motion picture), spoken by Lewis (Robert Carradine):
      'Cause all jocks ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is sex.
  6. (slang) A disc jockey.
    • 1977 April 16, "Hartford Radio Show Axed", in Gay Community News, page 6, quoting Eric Gordon:
      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.
    • 2010, Stephen B. McSwain, The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God, page 95:
      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. (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.
    compiler jock
    systems jock
Translations
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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jock (third-person singular simple present jocks, present participle jocking, simple past and past participle jocked)

  1. (slang) To masturbate.
    Synonyms: jack off, jerk off, wank, wank off
  2. (slang) To humiliate.
    Synonym: punk
  3. (slang) To steal.
    Synonym: gank

Etymology 4

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Unknown.

Noun

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jock (uncountable)

  1. (dialect, Yorkshire) Food; meals.
    • 1881, Ben Preston, Dialect and Other Poems‎[1], page 19:
      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.
    • 1884, William Cudworth (of Bradford), Yorkshire Dialect and Character Sketches‎[2], page 15:
      Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht jock?

Derived terms

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terms derived from all etymologies (should be sorted)

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English jakke, from Anglo-Norman jacke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jock

  1. jack, leather coat
    • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:
      At ye mye ne'er be wooveless ta vill a lear jock an cooan.
      That you may never be unprovided to fill an empty jack and can.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48
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