Jock may refer to:
Common meanings
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Jock (stereotype)
In the United States and Canada, a jock is a stereotype of an athlete, or someone who is primarily interested in sports and sports culture, and does not take much interest in intellectual activity. It is generally applied mostly to high school and ...
, 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 in Australian slang
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
The St. Lawrence River (fren ...
, Canada
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Jocks Lagoon, 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 an ...
, a list of people with the first name or nickname
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Jock (cartoonist)
Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in '' 2000 AD'', '' The Losers'', and more recently '' Batman'' and ''Wolverine''. He is also known for '' Wytches'' by Image Comics.
Career
Comics
Jo ...
(born 1972), British comic book artist Mark Simpson
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Charles Jock
Charles Jock (born 23 November 1989) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meter discipline. He ran collegiately at UC Irvine. He is currently the NACAC U23 record holder for the 800 meter race. Jock represented the Un ...
(born 1989), American middle-distance runner
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Duach Jock
Duach Jock (born 20 December 1986) is a South Sudanese footballer who plays for the North County Battalion in National Premier Soccer League.
Early life
Jock was born in Ethiopia to South Sudanese refugee parents. He and his parents moved to t ...
(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
Hamish Macbeth is the lackadaisical police constable of the fictional Scottish Highland town of Lochdubh, in a series of murder mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton ( Marion Chesney).
Considered by many to be a useless, lazy moocher, Macbet ...
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Jock Ewing, in ''Dallas'' on television
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Jock Lindsey, a pilot from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
Other uses
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''Jocks'' (film), a 1987 film
* The Jocks, the British Army
9th (Scottish) Division
The 9th (Scottish) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War.
Af ...
* Jock, a dog, subject of the book ''
Jock of the Bushveld'' by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
See also
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Disc jockey
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Jock itch, an infection of the groin region
* ''
The Jocks and the Geordies'', a comic strip
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Jocky
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Shock jock
A shock jock is a radio broadcaster or DJ who entertains listeners and attracts attention using humor and/or melodramatic exaggeration that may offend some portion of the listening audience. The term is used pejoratively to describe provocative o ...
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