jocko
noun
a chimpanzee.
jocko
1 American
[jok-oh]
/ ˈdʒɒk oʊ /
noun
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jockos
plural
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a chimpanzee.
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any monkey.
Jocko
2
American
[jok-oh]
/ ˈdʒɒk oʊ /
noun
jocko
British
/ ˈdʒɒkəʊ /
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jocko
1840–50; < French, Buffon's shortening of enjocko (taking en- as an article) < a word in Mpongwe, Bantu language of Gabon
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“Do you know, jocko? Do you have any idea?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Then Bull shouted at Ben, “Hey, jocko, you gotta win by two baskets.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“Who is that strange creature? I know who sportsfans is. I know who jocko is. I know who hog is. But who is this person, Mary Anne? I do not know such a person.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
He festooned the LPs with surrealist paintings of characters he’d drawn for years in his own comics, like wolves named Boone and Jocko or smiling tugboats.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Ryan Eggold, Anupam Kher, Tyler Labine and Jocko Sims also star in this new episode of the medical drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
Jocko Marcellino was a singer, drummer and songwriter for the fledgling band Sha Na Na when Jimi Hendrix helped get them onto the Woodstock bill.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2019
“Mikey and the Dragons” is published through Jocko Publishing in conjunction with Di Angelo Publications.
From Fox News ● Nov. 12, 2018
But it was evident to all of us that Jocko could not hear himself hailed; that he was wandering already upon the foothills of a country where there are no names.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Now you'd give anything for jockos like that to give you at least six feet when you're out for a walk or navigating the narrow aisles of a CVS.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2020
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