Definition of "jockey" []

• Sports One who rides horses in races, especially as a profession. (noun)
• Slang One who operates a specified vehicle, machine, or device: a bus jockey; a computer jockey. (noun)
• Sports To ride (a horse) as jockey. (verb-transitive)
• To direct or maneuver by cleverness or skill: jockeyed the car into a tight space. (verb-transitive)
• To trick; cheat. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Austere surroundings and a humdrum card, but the country's – perhaps the world's – most famous jockey is buzzing."
• "Britain's, and maybe the world's, most famous jockey is under no pressure as he chases elusive Dewhurst and Champion"
• "ROVNER: Oh, the jockey is literally holding them together."