Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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jock

UK /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ · US /ˈd͡ʒɑk/ noun, verb, proper noun

Forms jocks jocking jocked

  1. noun (slang, archaic) A common man.
  2. noun (UK, Ireland, slang, derogatory) A Scotsman.
  3. noun (informal) A jockey.
  4. noun (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
  5. noun An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
  6. noun (US, slang) A young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.
  7. noun (US, slang, derogatory) An enthusiastic sports fan, especially one with few other interests, often stereotyped as slow-witted person of large size and great physical strength.
  8. noun (slang) A disc jockey.
  9. noun (US, dated computing slang, in combination) A specialist computer programmer. “compiler jock”
  10. verb (slang) To masturbate.
  11. verb (slang) To humiliate.
  12. verb (slang) To steal.
  13. noun (dialect, Yorkshire) Food; meals.
  14. proper noun A nickname.
  15. proper noun A given name.
  16. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

jockstrap jack off jerk off wank wank off punk gank athlete athletic supporter supporter suspensor

Etymology

From Jock, a Scottish hypocoristic form of John (compare Jack).

The computer slang meanings are derived from jockey. The athletic slang meanings in turn date from the mid-20th century and are simple abbreviations of jockstrap.

Unknown.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “jock”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details