Jockn.1
/dʒɒk/, U.S. /dʒɑk/, Scottish English /dʒɔk/ΚΠ
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Iok that wes wont to keip the stirkis Can now draw him ane cleik of kirkis, With ane fals cairt in to his sleif.
1573 J. Davidson Schort Disc. Estaitis 23 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 291 He..was als meit for sic Office As outher gellie Jok or Johne.
1603 Philotus clv. sig. F2v Haue I not maid a berrie block, That hes for Iennie maryit Iock?
a1699 J. Beaumont Minor Poems (1914) 407 What haste, fond Jock! Nay thou shalt longer stay.
1731 J. Mitchell Highland Fair i. 8 Let Jock, and Tom, contend for Kate,..And Susy sigh for Sawny-o.
1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 115 I us'd to be right ranty..But now I'm like Jock's aunty.
1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 291/2 Will or Tam, or Jock or Jamie..have been there before you, and have left you nothing but a scanty gleaning.
1883 W. G. Lyttle Paddy M'Quillan's Courtships in J. A. Jennings Readings from Irish Authors 70 They say that ivery Jock has his Jean, an' I met mine at last.
1915 J. Buchan Salute to Adventurers i. 16 I can direct you as well as any Jock or Sandy about the town.
2. Scottish. As a proper or common noun. (A name given to) a man who lives in a rural area; a countryman, a rustic; spec. a farm labourer. Now historical and rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant
tillman940
churla1000
ploughman1223
bondmanc1250
bondc1275
ploughswain1296
countrymanc1300
boundec1320
Hobc1325
charla1400
landmana1400
Jack (John) Upland1402
carlc1405
bowerc1430
peasanta1450
rurala1475
agrest1480
bergier1480
carlleina1500
rustical?1532
ploughboy1544
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
tillsman1561
clown1563
Jocka1568
Jock upalanda1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
swain1579
Corydon1581
mountain man1587
Phillis1589
sylvan1589
russeting1597
Joan1598
stubble boy1598
paysan1609
carlota1616
swainling1615
raiyat1625
contadino1630
under-swaina1644
high shoe1647
boorinn1649
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
countrywoman1679
villan1685
russet gown1694
ruralist1739
paysanne1748
bauer1799
bonderman1804
bodach1830
contadina1835
agrestian1837
peasantess1841
country jake1845
rufus1846
bonder1848
hayseed1851
bucolic1862
agricole1882
country jay1888
child (son, etc.) of the soil1891
hillbilly1900
palouser1903
kisan1935
woop woop1936
swede-basher1943
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun]
churlc1275
Hobc1325
Hodgec1386
charla1400
carlc1405
peasanta1450
hoggler1465
agrest1480
hoggener1488
rustical?1532
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
clown1563
Jocka1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
Corydon1581
gaffer1589
gran1591
russeting1597
dunghill1608
hog rubber1611
carlota1616
high shoe1647
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
cot1695
ruralist1739
Johnnya1774
Harry1796
bodach1830
bucolic1862
cafone1872
bogman1891
country bookie1904
desi1907
middle peasant1929
woodchuck1931
swede-basher1943
moegoe1953
shit-kicker1961
a1568 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvi. 61 Scho will ressaif no landwart Jok.
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. A4 All fellows, Jock and the Laird.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 86 Jock's gane hame the byres to muck.
1803 A. Boswell Poet. Wks. (1871) 15 I ken't the day when there was nae a Jock But trotted about upon honest shanks-naigie.
1887 J. L. Robertson For Puir Auld Scotland's Sake 136 The jocks, proud of their charges,..would augment the commotion and clamour by bawling to their cattle.
1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ii. 46 They had not the air of a gaunt Jock or a round-faced Tam from the plough-tail.
1951 Buchan Observer 30 Oct. In the days of the strict half-yearly engagements, the jeskin, Jock or Jenny, was always counting the days to the Term Day.
3. slang. (A nickname for) a Scottish person, esp. a Scottish man. Frequently spec.: a Scottish soldier; a member of a Scottish regiment. Occasionally also: a Scottish (or †northern English) sailor. the Jocks: (a nickname for) the Scots Guards.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland
ScoteOE
rivlin?c1300
bere-bag1352
Scotchman1407
Scottishman1429
Scotsman?c1450
blue cap1598
North Britain1604
Jockc1641
Jacky1653
Whiglander1682
Albanian1685
sawneya1704
North Briton1718
Caledonian1768
Sandy1785
Scotchy1832
Scotty1851
haggis bag1892
haggis-eater1937
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > from specific part of world
lascar1625
Jockc1641
lascari1712
khalasi1783
galiongee1813
Flushinger1865
cassab?1881
gob1910
Limey1918
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun]
spahi1562
legionnaire1595
strelitz1603
Croat1623
deli1667
Croatian1700
lancer1712
highlander1725
lambs1744
royals1762
light-bob1778
fly-slicer1785
Life Guardsman1785
royals?1795
Hottentot1796
yeoman1798
pandour1800
Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811
forty-two man1816
kilty1842
Zouave1848
bumblerc1850
Inniskilliner1853
blue cap1857
turco1860
Zou-Zou1860
mudlark1878
king's man1883
Johnny1888
Piffer1892
evzone1897
horse gunner1897
dink1906
army ranger1910
grognard1912
Jock1914
chocolate soldier1915
Cook's tourist1915
dinkum1916
Anzaca1918
choc1917
ranger1942
Chindit1943
Desert Rat1944
Green Beret1949
c1641 Britaine & Irelands last Adew to Rome (single sheet) When brave Jock returns from Tyne, and Schane from Rome set free, Jock will with Jack march to the Rhyne the Palsgraves bounds to see.
1653 J. Taylor Short Relation Long Journey 5 Yet I dare challenge Scottish Jock or Jackey,..To travell such a Jaunt as I have done.
1779 Edinb. Eighth-day Mag. 25 Sept. 82/2 The French are come—and Spaniards too..Whene'er they come, the jock they'll rue Much more than you or I.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Jock,..a jeering appellation for a north-country seaman, particularly a collier.
1807 R. Tannahill Soldier's Return 137 Quoth gobbin Tom of Lancashire, To northern Jock.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 413 Jocks, Scotch seamen.
1894 Thin Red Line 1 Nov. 129/1 I can borrow a kilt from the Jocks—from the 'Handers, sir.
1914 R. Hodder Brit. Regiments 17 ‘The Jocks.’ The origin of this name for the Scots Guards is obvious.
1931 W. V. Tilsley Other Ranks 98 Hundreds of Tommies—or Jocks—and civvies lay dead in the cellars under this cathedral.
1965 New Statesman 16 Apr. 606/3 Why can't the Jocks support their team without dressing up like that?
2001 N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 58 Full-a Scousers an Geordies an Jocks an Paddies it'll be.
Compounds
Scottish. Prefixed to a noun or adjective to form a nickname or generic name for a person representing, embodying, or associated with the second element, as Jock Blunt, Jock Fool, etc. Cf. equivalent compounds at Jack n.2 Compounds 1b. Now rare.
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?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 91 To Iok Fule my foly fre Lego post corpus sepultum.
a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) ix. 58 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 173 Iok Blunt, thrawin frunt, kis þe cunt of ane kow.
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. E3 Speir at Jock thief my marrow, if I be a leal man.
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. viii. 14 Come a' to Jock Fool's House and ye'se get Bread and Cheese.
1852 A. Christie Mountain Strains 88 I see Jock Hack has got a Miss.
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxiii. 234 Na, na, Archie..fat wye cud a leddy ken a Jock Muck like you?
1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe ii. 122 Lairds, ladies or plain Jock Muck at the Mains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jockn.2
/dʒɒk/, U.S. /dʒɑk/ colloquial.
= jockey n. 5a, 5c.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > people involved in horse racing > [noun] > rider
skipjack1608
horse racerc1618
rider1632
stager1638
jockeya1684
horse-jockey1782
jock1826
equison1846
hoop1941
pilot1976
society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [noun] > types of
co-host1908
announcer1922
newsreader1925
race-reader1926
newscaster1930
sportscaster1930
quizzee1933
school broadcaster1937
commentator1938
racecaster1938
sportcaster1938
femcee1940
record jockey1940
disc jockey1941
narrator1941
deejay1946
colourman1947
anchorman1948
host1948
jock1952
speakerine1957
presenter1959
linkman1960
anchorwoman1961
rock jock1961
anchor1962
jockey1963
voice-over1966
anchorperson1971
outside broadcaster1971
news anchor1975
talk-master1975
satcaster1982
1826 Sporting Mag. 18 385 A neat horseman, and quite at the top of the tree amongst Northern jocks.
1856 ‘The Druid’ Post & Paddock xii. 211 Many clever young jocks..have ridden as many races by the time they are twenty.
1894 J. K. Fowler Recoll. Old Country Life xv. 176 I don't think he performed as a gentleman jock over that celebrated course.
1952 in H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 294/1 Already the jukes and jocks are dinning our ears with Christmas songs.
1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Jan. 14/4 Jocks..are pretty much a thing of the past.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jockn.3
/dʒɒk/, U.S. /dʒɑk/ coarse slang.
The genitals of a man (or †of a woman).
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]
cuntc1230
quivera1382
chosec1386
privy chosea1387
quoniamc1405
naturec1470
shell1497
box1541
water gate1541
mouth1568
quiver case1568
water gap1586
cunnya1593
medlar1597
mark1598
buggle-boo1600
malkin1602
lap1607
skin coat1611
quim1613
nest1614
watermilla1626
bum1655
merkin1656
twat1656
notch1659
commodity1660
modicum1660
crinkum-crankum1670
honeypot1673
honour1688
muff1699
pussy1699
puss1707
fud1771
jock1790
cock?1833
fanny?1835
vaginac1890
rug1893
money-maker1896
Berkeley1899
Berkeley Hunt1899
twitchet1899
mingea1903
snatch1904
beaver1927
coozie1934
Sir Berkeley1937
pocketbook1942
pranny1949
zatch1950
cooch1955
bearded clam1962
noonie1966
chuff1967
coozea1968
carpet1981
pum-pum1983
front bum1985
coochie1986
punani1987
front bottom1991
va-jay-jay2000
the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] > penis
weapona1000
tarsec1000
pintleOE
cock?c1335
pillicock?c1335
yard1379
arrowa1382
looma1400
vergea1400
instrumentc1405
fidcocka1475
privya1500
virile member (or yard)?1541
prickc1555
tool1563
pillock1568
penis1578
codpiece1584
needle1592
bauble1593
dildo1597
nag1598
virility1598
ferret1599
rubigo?a1600
Jack1604
mentula1605
virge1608
prependent1610
flute1611
other thing1628
engine1634
manhood1640
cod1650
quillity1653
rammer1653
runnion1655
pego1663
sex1664
propagator1670
membrum virile1672
nervea1680
whore-pipe1684
Roger1689
pudding1693
handle?1731
machine1749
shaft1772
jock1790
poker1811
dickyc1815
Johnny?1833
organ1833
intromittent apparatus1836
root1846
Johnson1863
Peter1870
John Henry1874
dickc1890
dingusc1890
John Thomasc1890
old fellowc1890
Aaron's rod1891
dingle-dangle1893
middle leg1896
mole1896
pisser1896
micky1898
baby-maker1902
old man1902
pecker1902
pizzle1902
willy1905
ding-dong1906
mickey1909
pencil1916
dingbatc1920
plonkerc1920
Johna1922
whangera1922
knob1922
tube1922
ding1926
pee-pee1927
prong1927
pud1927
hose1928
whang1928
dong1930
putz1934
porkc1935
wiener1935
weenie1939
length1949
tadger1949
winkle1951
dinger1953
winky1954
dork1961
virilia1962
rig1964
wee-wee1964
Percy1965
meat tool1966
chopper1967
schlong1967
swipe1967
chode1968
trouser snake1968
ding-a-ling1969
dipstick1970
tonk1970
noonies1972
salami1977
monkey1978
langer1983
wanker1987
1790 H. T. Potter Dict. Cant & Flash Lang. Jock, private parts of a man or woman.
1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 123/1 Jock, man's privates.
1960 I. Cross Backward Sex iii. 73 Sprigs clattering on the floor, knees, jocks, backsides and shouting as everybody dressed.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 56 Jocks, testicles.
1972 Dict. Contemp. & Colloq. Usage (Eng.-Lang. Inst. Amer.) 17/1 Jock,..vulgar, the penis.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > living on earnings of prostitute > man who
jock-gagger1809
fancy man1811
fancy-bloke1846
ponce1859
John1906
souteneur1906
Johnson1954
1809 G. Andrewes Dict. Slang & Cant Langs. Jock-gagger, a sort of fellows who live on the prostitution of their wives, &c.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jockn.4
/dʒɒk/, U.S. /dʒɑk/ dialect and slang.
Food. (See also Eng. Dial. Dict.)
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the world > food and drink > food > [noun]
meateOE
eatOE
foodOE
fodderOE
dietc1230
gista1290
victual1303
victualsa1375
preya1382
feedinga1398
pasturea1398
viancea1400
viandsc1400
livingc1405
meatingc1425
vitalyc1440
vianda1450
cates1461
vivers1536
viandry1542
viander1543
gut-matter1549
peck1567
belly-cheer1579
appast1580
manchet1583
chat1584
belly-metal1590
repasture1598
cibaries1599
belly-timber1607
belly-cheat1608
peckage1610
victuallage1622
keeping1644
vivresa1650
crib1652
prog1655
grub1659
beef1661
fooding1663
teething1673
eatablea1687
sunket1686
yam1788
chow-chow1795
keep1801
feed1818
grubbing1819
patter1824
ninyam1826
nyam1828
grubbery1831
tack1834
kai1845
mungaree1846
scoff1846
foodstuff1847
chuck1850
muckamuck1852
tuck1857
tucker1858
hash1865
nosh1873
jock1879
cake flour1881
chow1886
nosebag1888
stodge1890
food aid1900
tackle1900
munga1907
scarf1932
grubber1959
1879 Yorkshireman's Comic Ann. 33 Monny a shift he wor put to to get jock eniff.
1881 B. Preston Dial. & Other Poems 3 An' bumps 'em dahn i' t'corner chair, An' gloars reyt hard at t'jock.
1966 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang (ed. 2) 7 Jock, food.
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry vi. 59 Food becomes..jock.., and contrasts oddly with officialese.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
jockn.5
/dʒɒk/, U.S. /dʒɑk/ North American slang.
1. = jockstrap n. 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > jock strap
supporter1888
jockey strap1896
jockstrap1897
athletic supporter1899
athletic support1911
jock1952
1952 B. Malamud Natural 66 He located his jock, with two red apples in it, swinging from a cord.
1973 W. McCarthy Detail ii. 87 He found the Beretta..as well as the jock strap. He quickly took off his trousers, put on the jock.
2. = jockstrap n. 2.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun]
playerOE
player1440
sporter1531
gamester1562
sporteer1654
sportsman1699
matchmakera1704
sporter1742
sporting parson1757
gamesman1812
sport1873
sportsman1886
sportswoman1900
hearty1915
jockstrap1956
jock1963
jockstrapper1967
1963 Amer. Speech 38 169 A college athlete: jock (81), animal (32)... The full synecdoche itself, jockstrap, was also reported once.
1968 N.Y. Times 12 May iv. 13 An obstacle to such trust is the attitude of some students and faculty members who, for example, smear all anti-strike students with the blanket label of ‘jocks’.
1969 C. Davidson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 351 The administration will try by a whole range of ‘divide and rule’ tactics such as fostering the ‘Greek-Independent Split’, sexual double standards, intellectuals vs ‘jocks’, [etc.].
1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 26 Sept. 2/1 On the sundeck are the clubbers, the sweats, the jocks.
1972 Time 2 Oct. 41/2 Rocks for jocks, elementary geology course popular among athletes at Pennsylvania.
Draft additions December 2007
As the second element in compounds: an enthusiast or expert in the specified field; an enthusiastic or academically accomplished student of the specified subject. Cf. computer jock n. at computer n. Compounds 5, quant jock n. at quant adj. and n.2 Compounds.
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1961 F. Kohner Gidget goes Hawaiian 22 Just another surfing jock.
1968 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 i. 9/2 Jock, a devoted student in any subject (as Math-jock).
1988 P. Hoffman Archimedes' Revenge 10 Stuyvesant High School, a Manhattan enclave for math and science jocks.
2000 C. Bohjalian Trans-sister Radio (2001) i. 13 There will be a lot of drama jocks at Bennington [College], won't there?
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