Bench Jockey Definition

noun
A player on the bench who taunts opposing players, the officials, etc.
Webster's New World

(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.

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Other Word Forms of Bench Jockey

Noun

Singular:
bench jockey
Plural:
bench-jockeys

Origin of Bench Jockey

  • As verbal jousting is frequently called "riding", the the "rider" sitting on a bench came to became known as the bench jockey.

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