jockey

[US]/ˈdʒɒki/
[UK]/ˈdʒɑːki/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kjøre; lure
n. fører; ridder av en hest i løp.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularjockeys
Past Participlejockeyed
Past Tensejockeyed
Pluraljockeys
Present Participlejockeying

Phrases & Collocations

jockey club

jockeyklubb

jockey for position

jockey for posisjon

jockey cap

jockey-hatt

Example Sentences

jockeying for a promotion.

jokere for en oppstigning.

jockey sb.out of sth.

jokere noen ut av noe.

the Wantage jockey was leading the field.

Wantage-jockeyen ledet feltet

jockeyed the car into a tight space.

jokerte bilen inn i et smalt rom.

jockeys maneuvering for position.

jokere som manøvrerer for plass.

a bus jockey; a computer jockey; a jet jockey.

en bussjokere; en datamaskinjokere; en jetjokere.

both men will be jockeying for the two top jobs.

begge mennene vil jokere for de to høyeste jobbene.

he jockeyed his machine into a dive.

han jokerte maskinen inn i en dykning.

he lucked into a disc-jockey job.

han fikk tilfeldigvis en diskjøkjobb.

a hodman is an architect, a jockey is a sportsman, a wood-louse is a pterigybranche.

en hodman er en arkitekt, en jockey er en idrettsutøver, en trebille er en pterigybranche.

a jockey who never quite clicked with the racing public.

en jokere som aldri helt fikk det til med racingpublikumet.

He jockeyed the poor woman out of her savings.

Han jokerte den fattige kvinnen ut av pengene hennes.

Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.

Selv om favoritt for å vinne løpet, hadde mestersjokeren en dårlig dag og ble ikke plassert.

the jockey's injuries forced him to give up the coveted mount on Cool Ground.

jockeys skader tvang ham til å gi opp den ønskede oppstigningen på Cool Ground.

Although favourite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced .

Selv om favoritt for å vinne løpet, hadde mestersjokeren en dårlig dag og ble ikke plassert.

No trope of stagecraft went unexplored this week as the United States jockeyed for advantage in a high-level economic dialogue with China.

Ingen tropes fra scenekunst ble unngått denne uken mens USA jokerte for fordel i en høytrinnsøkonomisk dialog med Kina.

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