Jockey vs Jocular - What's the difference?
jockey | jocular |
One who rides racehorses competitively.
That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
To ride (a horse) in a race.
To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
To cheat or trick.
(formal) Humorous]], amusing or [[joke, joking.
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As a noun jockey
is jockey (one who rides racehorses competitively).As an adjective jocular is
(formal) humorous]], amusing or [[joke|joking.jockey
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(wikipedia jockey)Noun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)
Derived terms
* disc jockey * jockReferences
*Verb
(en verb)jocular
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was in a jocular mood all day.
- All we had was a short and jocular conversation.
- From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular .
- Sometimes he would notice it, pat it, call it half-mocking, half-jocular names, and so make it caper with extraordinary delight.
- Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.