JOCKEY

I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Jockey, Scots nickname for John Date: 1643 a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race, a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material , II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1708 transitive verb to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with, 2. to ride or drive (a horse) as a ~, drive , operate , 3. to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means , to change the position of by a series of movements , intransitive verb to act as a ~, to maneuver for advantage