jocks
Male briefs.
Noun Australia, plural
- Male briefs.
- "My name's Bill. I'm from Western Australia. I was sleeping in my panel van across the creek in the park, and I guess the flood waters picked up the van. I still can't believe what happened, but at least I'm still...
- "Please, Ryan. I don't want to come downstairs every morning and find you lounging around in your jocks on my couch. It's too ... studenty." - 2015, Marian Keyes, The Woman Who Saved My Life: A Novel:
- Underwear.
- She didn't have time to shower, let alone change from her jocks. She pulls her hair backward in a knot. - 2015 February 6, Æmilius, 925, CreateSpace, →ISBN, page 11:
- [Nicole O'Connor:] It's not blowing the jocks off me, but it's like... it's like gently kind of puffing the jocks off me. [Cameraman:] Jocks is Irish slang for underwear. - 2025 November 7, The TRY Channel, "Irish...
Origin
From jockey shorts.
Related
Noun form of, plural
- plural of jock
Origin
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.