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jockeys

UK/ˈd͡ʒɒkiz/US/ˈd͡ʒɑkiz/

jockeys noun: synonym of jockey shorts. Also the plural of jockey.

jockeys: synonym of jockey shorts
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Noun

jockeys pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of jockey shorts.
    • Standing in the cavernous barracks clad only in my jockeys, shivering next to other miserable schlubs and being handled like a piece of beef with "mad cow" disease did nothing to improve my mood.2004, Dan Peek, An American Band, page 131
    • "Are you for real? I’d think with those green eyes you'd be peeling the chicks off your jockeys before they peeled your jockeys off you!"2010, Angelo J. Lagana III, Me Island, page 368
    Synonyms:
    jockey shorts

Also used as

jockeys is also the plural of jockey.

jockeys is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of jockey.

Synonyms of jockeys

Origin of jockeys

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases with jockeys

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Words that rhyme with jockeys

Questions about jockeys

What does jockeys mean?
Jockeys means synonym of jockey shorts.
What part of speech is jockeys?
Jockeys is a noun.
How do you pronounce jockeys?
Jockeys is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒkiz/ (UK).

Words near jockeys in the dictionary

  1. jockeying for position
  2. jockeyings
  3. jockeyism
  4. jockeyisms
  5. jockeylike
  6. jockeys
  7. jockeys for position
  8. jockeyship
  9. jockeyships
  10. jockies
  11. jocking

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