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 consumed by sports and sports culture, and does not take much interest in intellectual pursuits or other activities. It is generally applied mostly to high sc ...
, 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 drainage basin and is a left tri ...
, Canada
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Jocks Lagoon, Tasmania
People
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Jock (given name), a list of people with the first name or nickname
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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 U ...
(born 1989), American middle-distance runner
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Duach Jock (born 1986), South Sudanese soccer player
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Jock (cartoonist)
Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a Scottish people, Scottish cartoonist, best known for his work in ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', ''The Losers (Vertigo), The Losers'', and more recently ''Batman'' and ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolve ...
(born 1972), British comic book artist Mark Simpson
* Jock McIver, a stage name, along with
Talbot O'Farrell, of English music hall performer William Parrott (1878–1952)
Fictional characters
* Jock,
pilot in game ''Deus Ex''
* Jock, a Scottish Terrier in ''
Lady and the Tramp
''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Ward Greene's 1945 ''Cosmopolitan (magazine) ...
'' and ''
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure''
* Wee Jock, a Highland Terrier in ''
Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is the police constable of the fictional Scottish Highlands, 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, M ...
''
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Jock Ewing
John Ross "Jock" Ewing Sr. (1909–1982) is a fictional character in the American television series ''Dallas'' created by David Jacobs. Jock was played by Jim Davis in the show's first four seasons from 1978 to 1981, and as a young man by Dale ...
, 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
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Jock the Hero Dog
''Jock the Hero Dog'' (also known as ''Jock of the Bushveld'') is a 2011 South African animated adventure comedy film directed by Duncan MacNeillie. It features the voices of Bryan Adams, Donald Sutherland, Helen Hunt, Ted Danson and Mandy Patink ...
, an animated film from 2011
* 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.
A ...
* Jock, a dog, subject of the book ''
Jock of the Bushveld'' by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
See also
* ''
The Jocks and the Geordies'', a comic strip
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