jock

Etymology 1

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

noun

  1. (slang, archaic) A common man.
  2. (Britain, 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

  1. (informal) A jockey.
  2. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
  3. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
  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.
    'Cause all jocks ever think about is sports, all we ever think about is sex. 1984, Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai (screenplay), Revenge of the Nerds (motion picture), spoken by Lewis (Robert Carradine)
  6. (slang) A disc jockey.
    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 […] 2010, Stephen B. McSwain, The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God, page 95
  7. (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.
    compiler jock
    systems jock

Etymology 3

verb

  1. (slang) To masturbate.
  2. (slang) To humiliate.
  3. (slang) To steal.

Etymology 4

Unknown.

noun

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

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