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bench jockey noun[ C ] USinformaluk /ˈbentʃ ˌdʒɒk.i/ us /ˈbentʃ ˌdʒɑː.ki/ a member of a baseball team who tries to influence events in a match while sitting on the bench(= the area where players sit during a game when they are not playing): He is a renowned bench jockey who often shouts insults at opposing players when he is not playing. He was a mean-spirited bench jockey who never ceased harassing umpires. A few bench jockeys taunted him about his lack of height. That was the most original comment I had ever heard from a bench jockey. Durocher was the loudest bench jockey in the league. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide hot corner sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |