Jock"ey, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jockeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jockeying.]
1. " To jostle by riding against one." Johnson.
2. To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in
trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jock"ey, v. i. To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jock"ey*ing (?), n. The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
Beaconsfield.
Jock"ey*ism (?), n. The practice of jockeys.
Jock"ey*ship, n. The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the
personality of a jockey.
Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship.
Chatterton.
Where can at last his jockeyship retire?
Cowper.
Jo*cose" (?), a. [L jocosus, fr. jocus joke. See Joke.] Given to jokes
and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive;
humorous.
To quit their austerity and be jocose and pleasant with an
adversary.
Shaftesbury.
All . . . jocose or comical airs should be excluded.