Meaning

4 senses
  1. To ride (a horse) in a race.

    ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

  2. To jostle by riding against.

    They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.

    I love jockeying that motorcycle through heavy traffic.

  3. To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.

    They're all jockeying for promotion.

    compete (for an advantage or a position)

  4. To cheat or trick.

    I've been jockeyed into doing work for which I get no credit.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I know Tom isn't a disc jockey.

    Я знаю, що Том не ді-джей. — deniko

  2. I know that Tom isn't a disc jockey.

    Я знаю, що Том не ді-джей. — deniko

  3. I'm a disc jockey.

    Я ді-джей. — deniko

    deIch bin DJ. — Luiaard

  4. I always wanted to be a jockey.

    deIch wollte schon immer Rennreiter werden. — Yorwba

  5. I know Tom used to be a disc jockey.

Forms

jockeys, jockeying, jockeyed, jockeyed
Base formjockey · to jockey
3rd person singularjockeys
Present participlejockeying
Past simplejockeyed
Past participlejockeyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjockey
he, she, itjockeys

Past simpleLesson

all personsjockeyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jockeyed
he, she, ithas jockeyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jockey

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedjockeying

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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