jockeying

English

Verb

jockeying

1. present participle and gerund of jockey

Noun

jockeying (plural jockeyings)

1. The act of one who jockeys.
   • 1833, Thomas Dick, The Philosophy of Religion, page 214:

     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 […]

   • 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.67-68:

     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.

Anagrams

• gin jockey