Meanings
nounsuicide jockey (plural suicide jockeys)
plural suicide jockeys
- USslangA semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
Listen, you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.
1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall
Origin
In reference to the risk of death if the vehicle crashes.
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APA
suicide jockey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20jockey
MLA
“suicide jockey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20jockey. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suicide jockey,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20jockey.
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