jockstrap

English

Etymology

Compound of (dated slang) jock (“penis”) +‎ strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑkstɹæp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: jock‧strap

Noun

jockstrap (plural jockstraps)

2. (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.

   • 2010, Erick Alvarez, Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 105:

     There are many accounts of men, back in the 1970s, work out in nothing but a jockstrap.

Alternative forms

• jock strap

Derived terms

• jockey shorts
• jockstrappery
• jock (“athlete”)

Translations

an athletic supporter

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: حِزَام رِيَاضِيّ m (ḥizām riyāḍiyy) Armenian: ամորձակալ (amorjakal), կախակապ (kaxakap) Bulgarian: бандаж (bg) m (bandaž) Catalan: suspensori m Chinese: Mandarin: 雙丁 / 双丁 (shuāngdīng) Czech: suspenzor m Danish: skridtbeskytter c, skridtbind n, suspensorium n Dutch: suspensoir Esperanto: suspensorio, ingvenumo Finnish: alasuojus, munasuojat pl (slang) French: suspensoir (fr) m, coquille (fr) f German: Sportsuspensorium n, Suspensorium (de) n, Tiefschützer n, Tiefschutz m, Ballschutz m, Hodenschutz m, Jockstrap, (slightly vulgar) Eierbecher (de) m Greek: σπασουάρ (el) n (spasouár) Hebrew: מָגֵן בֵּיצִים (he) Hungarian: szuszpenzor (hu) Icelandic: pungband n, pungbindi n Irish: bléinbheart m Italian: sospensorio (it), conchiglia protettiva, sospensorio conchiglia, sospensorio elastico Japanese: ジョックストラップ (ja) (jokkusutorappu) Korean: 낭심보호대 (nangsimbohodae) Latvian: suspensorijs m Lithuanian: suspenzòrijus m Maori: tātua raho Norwegian: skrittbeskytter m, (colloquial) susp m Persian: بیضه بند, فتق بند Polish: suspensorium (pl) n Portuguese: coquilha f, suporte atlético (pt) m Romanian: suspensor (ro) n Russian: суспензо́рий (ru) m (suspenzórij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: су̀спензор m Roman: sùspenzor (sh) m Slovak: suspenzor m Slovene: suspenzórij m Spanish: protector genital, protector escrotal m, coquilla f, huevera (es) f, suspensor (es), suspensorio (es) m Swedish: suspensoar (sv) c Thai: กระจับ (th) (grà-jàp) Turkish: süspansuvar Welsh: jocstrap m

Further reading

• jockstrap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Jack Strop