Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Alternative forms
- 1.3.2 Derived terms
- 1.3.3 Translations
- 1.4 Further reading
- 1.5 Anagrams
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From jock in the obsolete sense of "male genitals" and strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.
See Also
jock - Wiktionary, the free dictionaryHow to Wear a Cup When Playing FootballEpididymitis and Orchitis, TreatingJockmail Packing JockstrapPronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑkstɹæp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: jock‧strap
Noun[edit]
jockstrap (plural jockstraps)
- (sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
- Synonyms: groin guard, supporter, athletic supporter
1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- jock (“athlete”)
- jockey shorts
Translations[edit]
an athletic supporter
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: حِزَام رِيَاضِيّm (ḥizām riyāḍiyy)
- Armenian: ամորձակալ (amorjakal), կախակապ (kaxakap)
- Bulgarian: бандаж(bg)m (bandaž)
- Catalan: suspensorim
- Chinese:
- Czech: suspenzorm
- Danish: skridtbeskytterc, skridtbindn, suspensoriumn
- Dutch: suspensoir
- Esperanto: suspensorio, ingvenumo
- Finnish: alasuojus, munasuojatpl (slang)
- French: suspensoir(fr)m, coquille(fr)f
- German: Sportsuspensoriumn, Suspensorium(de)n, Tiefschützern, Tiefschutzm, Ballschutzm, Hodenschutzm, Jockstrap, (slightly vulgar) Eierbecher(de)m
- Greek: σπασουάρ(el)n (spasouár)
- Hebrew: מָגֵן בֵּיצִים(he)
- Hungarian: szuszpenzor(hu)
- Icelandic: pungbandn, pungbindin
- Irish: bléinbheartm
- Italian: sospensorio(it), conchiglia protettiva, sospensorio conchiglia, sospensorio elastico
- Japanese: ジョックストラップ (jokkusutorappu)
- Korean: 낭심보호대 (nangsimbohodae)
- Latvian: suspensorijsm
- Lithuanian: suspenzòrijusm
- Maori: tātua raho
- Norwegian: skrittbeskytterm, (colloquial) suspm
- Persian: بیضه بند, فتق بند
- Polish: suspensorium(pl)n
- Portuguese: coquilhaf, suporte atlético(pt)m
- Romanian: suspensor(ro)n
- Russian: суспензо́рий(ru)m (suspenzórij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: су̀спензорm
- Roman: sùspenzor(sh)m
- Slovak: suspenzorm
- Slovene: suspenzórijm
- Spanish: protector genital, protector escrotalm, coquillaf, hueveraf, suspensor, suspensorio(es)m
- Swedish: suspensoar(sv)c
- Thai: กระจับ(th) (grà-jàp)
- Turkish: süspansuvar
- Welsh: jocstrapm
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
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