jock
part of speech
noun (a jock, jocks)
meaning for a pupil
1) (US, slang) A young person, especially a boy, who loves sport and is part of the sporty, popular group at school, sometimes shown as not interested in study. tree →
2) (UK, slang, can be offensive) A Scottish person, especially a Scottish man; often «Jock». tree →
3) (informal) Short for a disc jockey (DJ) or a jockey who rides racehorses. tree →
4) (informal) Short for a jockstrap, a support worn by boys and men in sport. tree →
sense in the lessons
In American school stories and films, jocks, nerds and other groups are stereotypes; stories often show that people are more than their label. In the UK «Jock» as a nickname for Scots can be friendly between friends but rude from strangers. Phrases: a dumb jock (rude stereotype), radio jock, shock jock.
examples
- In the film, the jocks sat at their own table in the cafeteria. tree →
- He's a jock, but he also loves poetry. tree →
- The radio jock played my favourite song. tree →
- Calling someone a «dumb jock» is unkind and untrue. tree →
- The football jocks were training on the field. tree →
- «Hey, Jock!» shouted his English cousin, and he didn't like it. tree →
- A shock jock says rude things on the radio to get attention. tree →
- But it was too clever for Jock and her both. tree →
note
Countable: a jock, jocks. Slang. «Jock» for a Scot is capitalised and can be offensive. The sporty-student meaning is mostly US and Canadian. Trap: a «jockey» (rider of a racehorse) is a different full word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «jock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.