jock

See also: Jock

English

Etymology 1

Unknown. Suggested to be a hypocoristic for John.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

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

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.

Noun

jock (plural jocks)

1. (informal) A jockey.
   • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎^[1]:

     "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. (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.
   • 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

penis — see penis

jockstrap — see jockstrap

athlete

• Danish: sportsnørd c
• Finnish: urheilija (fi)
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• German: Sportskanone (de) f
• Navajo: áaleʼé atah naanéhígíí

enthusiastic athlete or sports fan

• Danish: sportsidiot c
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• Navajo: ayóoʼakalígíí

specialist computer programmer

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Etymology 3

Verb

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, jock off, wank, wank off

2. (slang) to humiliate

   Synonym: punk

3. (slang) to steal

   Synonym: gank