jockey

(jok’i), v.; pret. and pp. jockeyed or jock- ied, ppr. jockeying. [Also spelled jocky; jockey,n.) I, trans. 1. To play the jockey to; trick; deceive in trade; hinder or defeat by trickery. I see too well by the smile on his face that he thinks he has jockied you. J. Baillie. Here’s your railways carried, and your neighbor’s railways jockeyed. ickens, Dr. Marigold. 2. To jostle against in racing. II. in trans. To act in the manner of a jockey; seek unfair advantage in a race, in dealing, ete.