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jockey
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES desk jockey disc jockey Jockey shorts video jockey COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE top ▪ Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys? ▪ In part two: Horse race horror ... top woman jockey crushed in fall. NOUN disc ▪ A Radio One disc jockey prattled in the background. ▪ Ike, former radio disc jockey, actually kept his congregation awake on Sunday mornings. ▪ It was the kind of station, and nobody tried to disguise it, where self-respecting disc jockeys were never found. ▪ At first disc jockeys played the Kingsmen recording as a novelty, a kind of joke. ▪ You knew the popularity of black disc jockeys, the power to sell various products. ▪ Two disc jockeys would compete with each other in the clubs, taking turns to do their voice-over on the discs. ▪ Bacon plays Billy Magic, a con man in the guise of a radio disc jockey. disk ▪ In 1995, the stock market smashed more records than a disgruntled disk jockey. jump ▪ The Committee also handed out a four-week suspension to Bruce Dowling, the jump jockey, for forging a doctor's signature. ▪ Fred Winter was one of the most skilful and durable jump jockeys of the same period. ▪ Allen Webb, the jump jockey, will be out of action for a week after injuring his neck while riding out. ▪ Glover, 45, and a former top-notch jump jockey, took up training relatively late in his racing career. ▪ With prize money declining, he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES jockey/manoeuvre/jostle for position ▪ As they jockey for position, firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry. ▪ He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position. ▪ It's a spectacular sight, as the wildfowl jockey for position to grab the biggest beak or bill full of food. ▪ Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position. ▪ Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face. ▪ Teenage boys, like young bulls in a herd, often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength. ▪ The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena. ▪ They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A jockey may ride as many as 12 or 14 races a day. ▪ He was champion jockey in 1872 with eighty-seven winners. ▪ In 1995, the stock market smashed more records than a disgruntled disk jockey. ▪ Not many other jockeys are so lucky. ▪ One of the jockeys told me you lived along Boat Quay, so we asked around. ▪ Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys? II. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN position ▪ As they jockey for position, firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry. ▪ They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel. ▪ Your close relationships inevitably involve one long process of jockeying for position. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Camera operators jockey the cameras around as instructed by the director. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms. ▪ Competition, time-serving, jockeying for advantage, and avoiding blame were the new guiding principles. ▪ In Congress, the same jockeying for political capital, of which Johnson and Romney were accused, was evident. ▪ Members of important congressional committees are jockeying to see him. ▪ The partisan jockeying illustrates the difficulties inherent in investigations into campaign fund raising. ▪ They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
jockey
I. jock‧ey1 /ˈdʒɒki $ ˈdʒɑːki/ noun [COUNTABLE] [date : 1500-1600; Origin : Jockey, Scottish male name, from John] someone who rides horses in races
II. jockey2 verb [INTRANSITIVE] to compete strongly to get into the best position or situation, or to get the most power jockey for ▪ photographers jockeying for position at the bar ▪ After the war, rival politicians began to jockey for power.
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