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jocko

jocko noun: a lawn jockey.

Noun (1)

jocko (plural jockos)

  1. (informal) A lawn jockey.

Noun (2)

jocko (plural jockos or jockoes)

  1. (archaic) A chimpanzee.

Proper noun capitalized: Jocko

Jocko

  1. (formerly) A name applied to monkeys or apes, especially the Barbary ape.
    • “[A]n’ whin the anlooky brat had thim all in this way whirligiggin’ about the flure, he’d grin an’ he’d chuckle an’ he'd chather, jist fur all the world like Jocko, the monkey, whin he’s played off sum uv his roguery.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 524
    Synonyms:
    Jacko

Synonyms of jocko

Forms of jocko

pluraljockos
pluraljockoes

Origin of jocko

A variant of Jacko.

Questions about jocko

What does jocko mean?
Jocko means a lawn jockey.
What part of speech is jocko?
Jocko can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of jocko?
The plural of jocko is jockos.

Words near jocko in the dictionary

  1. Jockland
  2. jockless
  3. jocklike
  4. Jockney
  5. Jockneys
  6. jocko
  7. jockocracies
  8. jockocracy
  9. jockocrat
  10. jockocratic
  11. jockocrats

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