Jockey

jockey
    n 1: someone employed to ride horses in horse races
    2: an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a
       truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
    v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat},
         {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}]
    2: compete (for an advantage or a position)
    3: ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
    

Jockey \Jock"ey\, n.; pl. {Jockeys}. [Dim. of Jack, Scot. Jock;
   orig., a boy who rides horses. See 2d {Jack}.]
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   1. A professional rider of horses in races. --Addison.
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   2. A dealer in horses; a horse trader. --Macaulay.
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   3. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
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Jockey \Jock"ey\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jockeyed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Jockeying}.]
   1. " To jostle by riding against one." --Johnson.
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   2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose
      upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
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   3. To maneuver; to move in an intricate manner so as to avoid
      obstacles; as, to jockey a large cabinet up a winding
      staircase.
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Jockey \Jock"ey\, v. i.
   1. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
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   2. To maneuver oneself aggressivley or skillfully so as to
      achieve an advantage; as, he jockeyed himself into
      position to be noticed.
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80 Moby Thesaurus words for "jockey":
      Jehu, angle, beguile, bellyband, broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero,
      cavalier, cavalryman, challenge, chevalier, cinch, circus rider,
      compete, compete with, contrive, cope, cowboy, cowgirl, cowpuncher,
      emulate, engineer, equestrian, equestrienne, exploit, finagle,
      finesse, flier, gaucho, gerrymander, girt, girth, goer,
      hell-driver, horn, horse racer, horse soldier, horseback rider,
      horsebacker, horseman, horsewoman, hummer, hustler, intrigue,
      knight, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, meet, mounted policeman,
      outvie, play, play games, plot, pommel, postboy, postilion,
      pull strings, puncher, racer, rider, rival, roughrider, runner,
      scheme, scorcher, sizzler, speed demon, speeder, steeplechaser,
      stepper, stirrup, surcingle, test one another, trick rider,
      turfman, vaquero, vie, vie with, wangle