I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
desk jockey
disc jockey
Jockey shorts
video jockey
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
top
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Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys ?
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In part two: Horse race horror ... top woman jockey crushed in fall.
■ NOUN
disc
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A Radio One disc jockey prattled in the background.
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Ike, former radio disc jockey , actually kept his congregation awake on Sunday mornings.
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It was the kind of station, and nobody tried to disguise it, where self-respecting disc jockeys were never found.
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At first disc jockeys played the Kingsmen recording as a novelty, a kind of joke.
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You knew the popularity of black disc jockeys , the power to sell various products.
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Two disc jockeys would compete with each other in the clubs, taking turns to do their voice-over on the discs.
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Bacon plays Billy Magic, a con man in the guise of a radio disc jockey .
disk
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In 1995, the stock market smashed more records than a disgruntled disk jockey .
jump
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The Committee also handed out a four-week suspension to Bruce Dowling, the jump jockey , for forging a doctor's signature.
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Fred Winter was one of the most skilful and durable jump jockeys of the same period.
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Allen Webb, the jump jockey , will be out of action for a week after injuring his neck while riding out.
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Glover, 45, and a former top-notch jump jockey , took up training relatively late in his racing career.
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With prize money declining, he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jockey/manoeuvre/jostle for position
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As they jockey for position , firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
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He stayed in the shadows as he passed the House of Mirrors with its queue stretching outside, everyone jostling for position .
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It's a spectacular sight, as the wildfowl jockey for position to grab the biggest beak or bill full of food.
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Pigeons there on the parapet opposite, squabbling, jostling for position .
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Satisfaction and horror jostle for position on his face.
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Teenage boys, like young bulls in a herd, often jockey for position and want to try out their own strength.
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The paper claims this represents a serious challenge to other Risc vendors jostling for position in the software arena.
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They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A jockey may ride as many as 12 or 14 races a day.
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He was champion jockey in 1872 with eighty-seven winners.
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In 1995, the stock market smashed more records than a disgruntled disk jockey .
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Not many other jockeys are so lucky.
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One of the jockeys told me you lived along Boat Quay, so we asked around.
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Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
position
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As they jockey for position , firms often adopt quite different strategies within the same industry.
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They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Your close relationships inevitably involve one long process of jockeying for position .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Camera operators jockey the cameras around as instructed by the director.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bribery is rife in jockeying for good positions on the dealing floor of some firms.
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Competition, time-serving, jockeying for advantage, and avoiding blame were the new guiding principles.
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In Congress, the same jockeying for political capital, of which Johnson and Romney were accused, was evident.
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Members of important congressional committees are jockeying to see him.
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The partisan jockeying illustrates the difficulties inherent in investigations into campaign fund raising.
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They're jockeying for position the moment they see the light at the end of the tunnel.