What does jockeying mean?
Jockeying means present participle and gerund of jockey.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of jockey.
Through the magazine and blanket distribution, the headset sales and overhead baggage jockeying, the seat next to mine remained empty. With any luck, I'd be able to flip up the armrest and stretch out a little, the better to sleep my way to Chicago.
Selfishness and rapacity would give place to a spirit of justice, equity, and benevolence; contentions, jockeyings, and altercations would cease; peace and concord would prevail, and righteousness and truth would shed their benign influence […]
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Jockeying means present participle and gerund of jockey.
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Through the magazine and blanket distribution, the headset sales and overhead baggage jockeying, the seat next to mine remained empty. With any luck, I'd be able to flip up the armrest and stretch out a little, the better to sleep my way to Chicago.
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