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jockish

jockish adjective: like a jock (dim-witted athletic person).

Adjective

jockish (comparative more jockish, superlative most jockish)

  1. Like a jock (dim-witted athletic person).

Forms of jockish

comparativemore jockish
superlativemost jockish

Origin of jockish

From jock + -ish.

Questions about jockish

What does jockish mean?
Jockish means like a jock (dim-witted athletic person).
What part of speech is jockish?
Jockish is an adjective.

Words near jockish in the dictionary

  1. jockeyship
  2. jockeyships
  3. jockies
  4. jocking
  5. jocking off
  6. jockish
  7. Jockland
  8. jockless
  9. jocklike
  10. Jockney
  11. Jockneys

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