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suicide jockey

suicide jockey noun: a semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.

Noun

suicide jockey (plural suicide jockeys)

  1. (US, slang) A semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
    • Listen, you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey?
      Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

Forms of suicide jockey

pluralsuicide jockeys

Origin of suicide jockey

In reference to the risk of death if the vehicle crashes.

Questions about suicide jockey

What does suicide jockey mean?
Suicide jockey means a semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
What part of speech is suicide jockey?
Suicide jockey is a noun.
What is the plural of suicide jockey?
The plural of suicide jockey is suicide jockeys.

Words near suicide jockey in the dictionary

  1. suicide gown
  2. suicide gowns
  3. suicide grip
  4. suicide headache
  5. suicide headaches
  6. suicide jockey
  7. suicide jockeys
  8. suicide king
  9. suicide kings
  10. suicide kit
  11. suicide kits

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