jockey

jockey is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A professional rider of horses in races. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A professional rider of horses in races.
2. noun. A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
3. noun. A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
4. transitive verb. " To jostle by riding against one."
5. transitive verb. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
6. intransitive verb. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
7. noun. someone employed to ride horses in horse races
8. noun. an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

   "he's a truck jockey"

   "a computer jockey"

9. verb. ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
10. verb. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft

11. verb. compete (for an advantage or a position)

Synonyms

cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft

Common word forms

jockeys, jockeyed, jockeying

Words from these letters

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