Jock
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Jock is a name for both people and things. For its etymologies, translations, and slang meanings not below, see Wiktionary.
It is a mainly Scottish form of the first name Jack (a form of John, the most common one), hence also
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[edit] Generic terms for people
- a pejorative term for a person from Scotland, formerly often a soldier (like an English Tommy).
- British 9th (Scottish) Division, the "Jocks"
- used generically for 'the common man' (as John, Dick)
- Jockey was originally a diminutive of Jock.
- Jock (subculture), an athlete
- Shock jock, a disk jockey
[edit] Individual people and characters commonly known by solely their given name Jock
- Jock (comics), a British comic book artist
- Jock the New Engine, a locomotive on the fictional Arlesdale Railway in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
- Jock, Vincent Reis, an all-star sprinter
[edit] Animals
- Jock was the name of Winston Churchill's cat
- in fiction, Wee Jock was the dog owned by Hamish Macbeth.
[edit] Things known as Jocks or Jock
- a shortening of jockstrap (type of male underwear often used by sportsmen)
- Jock series albums by Tommy Boy records is a popular superseries of albums split into subseries like Jock Jams, Jock Rock. However, Slam Jams is part of the superseries abeit omission of "Jock" in the name.
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