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jock

/ˈd͡ʒɑk/noun, verb

jock is spelled J-O-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a derogatory noun, jock means “A Scotsman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of jock is jocks.

How many letters and syllables are in jock?

Letters4: J-O-C-K
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.1 times per million words; the 19,077th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is jock?

Jock appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 19,077th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce jock?

  • UK /ˈd͡ʒɒk/
  • US /ˈd͡ʒɑk/

Jock has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-jock.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with jock?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as jock from its last stressed vowel (/ɑk/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of jock

  • jocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • jocking participle, present
  • jocked participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does jock mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    archaicslangA common man.

  2. 2

    IrelandUKderogatoryslangA Scotsman.

  3. 3

    informalA jockey.

  4. 4

    datedrareslangThe penis.

  5. 5

    An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.

  6. 6

    USslangA young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.

  7. 7

    USderogatoryslangAn enthusiastic sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.

  8. 8

    slangA disc jockey.

    There was never a single listener protest or objection – the entire opposition to the content of the program came from a few jocks within the station.

  9. 9

    USdatedslangA specialist computer programmer.

    compiler jock

  10. 10

    Food; meals.

verb

  1. 1

    slangTo masturbate.

  2. 2

    slangTo humiliate.

  3. 3

    slangTo steal.

noun

as Jock
  1. 1

    UKslangAlternative letter-case form of jock

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Jock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanSportskanone (athlete), Sportsfreund (enthusiastic athlete or sports fan)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does jock come from?

From Jock, a Scottish hypocoristic form of John (compare Jack).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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