Jockey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone employed to ride horses in horse races

an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɑːki/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɒki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɒki/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈɑːki/.

Examples

he's a truck jockey
a computer jockey
a disc jockey

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cheat shaft chouse screw chicane

Parts of Speech

noun	someone employed to ride horses in horse races
noun	an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus “he's a truck jockey”
verb	defeat someone through trickery or deceit
verb	compete (for an advantage or a position)
verb	ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

Word Forms

jockey	verb	ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
cheat	noun	the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
cheater	noun	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
chicanery	noun	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
chicane	noun	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
jockey	noun	someone employed to ride horses in horse races

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

fantino

qualcuno impiegato per cavalcare cavalli nelle corse di cavalli

🇵🇹Portuguese

jóquei

alguém contratado para andar a cavalo em corridas de cavalos

🇷🇺Russian

жокей

кто-то нанимался кататься на лошадях на скачках

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जॉकी

किसी को घुड़दौड़ में घोड़ों की सवारी करने के लिए नियुक्त किया गया है

🇧🇩Bengali

জকি

ঘোড়ার দৌড়ে ঘোড়া চালানোর জন্য নিযুক্ত কেউ

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜோக்கி

குதிரை பந்தயங்களில் குதிரை சவாரி செய்ய பணியமர்த்தப்பட்ட ஒருவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

జాకీ

ఎవరైనా గుర్రపు పందాలలో గుర్రపు స్వారీ చేయడానికి నియమించబడ్డారు

🇮🇳Marathi

जॉकी

कोणीतरी घोड्यांच्या शर्यतींमध्ये घोडेस्वारी करण्यासाठी नियुक्त केले

🇮🇳Gujarati

જોકી

ઘોડાની રેસમાં ઘોડા પર સવારી કરવા માટે કોઈને કામે લગાડ્યું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಾಕಿ

ಕುದುರೆ ರೇಸ್‌ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕುದುರೆ ಸವಾರಿ ಮಾಡಲು ಯಾರೋ ನೇಮಕಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജോക്കി

കുതിരപ്പന്തയത്തിൽ കുതിര സവാരി ചെയ്യാൻ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੌਕੀ

ਕੋਈ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਘੋੜ ਦੌੜ ਵਿੱਚ ਘੋੜਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਸਵਾਰੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جاکی

کسی کو گھوڑوں کی دوڑ میں گھوڑوں کی سواری کے لیے ملازم رکھا گیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

骑师

受雇在赛马比赛中骑马的人

🇯🇵Japanese

騎手

競馬で馬に乗るために雇われている人

🇰🇷Korean

기수

경마에서 말을 타기 위해 고용된 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nài ngựa

ai đó được thuê để cưỡi ngựa trong các cuộc đua ngựa

🇹🇭Thai

จ๊อกกี้

มีคนจ้างให้ขี่ม้าในการแข่งม้า

🇮🇩Indonesian

joki

seseorang yang dipekerjakan untuk menunggang kuda dalam pacuan kuda

🇵🇭Filipino

hinete

isang taong nagtatrabaho upang sumakay ng mga kabayo sa karera ng kabayo

🇲🇾Malay

joki

seseorang yang bekerja untuk menunggang kuda dalam perlumbaan kuda

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الفارس

شخص يعمل لركوب الخيل في سباقات الخيل

🇮🇷Persian

جوکی

شخصی که برای اسب سواری در مسابقات اسب دوانی استخدام شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

jokey

at yarışlarında ata binmek için çalıştırılan kimse

🇮🇱Hebrew

רוֹכֵב

מישהו שהועסק לרכוב על סוסים במירוצי סוסים

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