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: athlete sense 1
especially
: a school or college athlete
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: a person devoted to a single pursuit or interest
computer jocks
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: pilot
especially
: a fighter pilot
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2025
In the series, Skinner plays closeted jock, Benny Scanlon, who’s trying to navigate his freshman year of college.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
There were the jocks who played pickleball, competitive bridge and mahjong players, the foodie crew.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
The Glee cast has suffered several losses, starting during its original run, when Monteith, who played the jock Finn, died of a drug overdose on July 13, 2013.
—EW.com, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Les’s older brother, Derrick (Jack Champion), is everything — literally everything — Les is not: a handsome straight-arrow football jock who couldn’t have less of an interest in the theater.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2025
In the series, Skinner plays closeted jock, Benny Scanlon, who’s trying to navigate his freshman year of college.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 June 2025
There were the jocks who played pickleball, competitive bridge and mahjong players, the foodie crew.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025
The Glee cast has suffered several losses, starting during its original run, when Monteith, who played the jock Finn, died of a drug overdose on July 13, 2013.
—EW.com, 16 May 2025
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“Jock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jock. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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