Jock

See also: jock

English

Etymology

A Scots variant of Jack.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jock

  1. A nickname.
    • 1975, Robertson Davies, World of Wonders, →ISBN, page 736:
      - - - If you want a Scotch name why don't you call him Jock?" Macgregor looked disgusted. "Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.
  2. A given name.
  3. A surname.

Noun

Jock (plural Jocks)

  1. (UK, slang) Alternative letter-case form of jock
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