Jock may refer to:
Common meanings
*
Jock (stereotype), a North American term for a stereotypical male athlete
* Jock, a
derogatory term for Scottish people mostly used by the English
* Short for
jockstrap, an item of male protective undergarment
* Jocks,
male briefs, AKA "jockey shorts" and (in Australia) most other styles
Places
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Jock River
The Jock River, known locally as the Mighty Jock, is a river in Ottawa and Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Shows the course of the river highlighted on a topographic map. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tr ...
, Canada
*
Jocks Lagoon
Jocks Lagoon is an freshwater coastal lagoon in north-eastern Tasmania, Australia. In 1982 it was designated a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
Description
The lagoon is located approximately south-east of the ...
, Tasmania
People
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Jock (given name)
Jock is a Scottish diminutive form of the forename "John"; It is also a nickname for someone of Scottish origin, as well as being the collective name for Scottish soldiers, collectively known as "the Jocks". It corresponds to Jack in England and ...
, a list of people with the first name or nickname
*
Jock (cartoonist) (born 1972), British comic book artist Mark Simpson
*
Charles Jock (born 1989), American middle-distance runner
*
Duach Jock (born 1986), South Sudanese soccer player
Fictional characters
* Jock,
pilot in game ''Deus Ex''
* Jock, a Scottish Terrier in ''
Lady and the Tramp'' and ''
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure''
* Wee Jock, a Highland Terrier in ''
Hamish Macbeth''
*
Jock Ewing, in ''Dallas'' on television
*
Jock Lindsey, a pilot from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
Other uses
*
''Jocks'' (film), a 1987 film
* The Jocks, the British Army
9th (Scottish) Division
* Jock, a dog, subject of the book ''
Jock of the Bushveld'' by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
See also
*
Disc jockey
*
Jock itch, an infection of the groin region
* ''
The Jocks and the Geordies'', a comic strip
*
Jocky
*
Shock jock
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