jockstrap

English

Etymology

From jock in the obsolete sense of "male genitals" and strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑkstɹæp/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒkstɹæp/
Hyphenation: jock‧strap

Noun

jockstrap (plural jockstraps)

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
- 1972, Ian Anderson (lyrics), “Thick As A Brick”, 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.
Synonyms: groin guard, supporter, athletic supporter

Alternative forms

jock strap

Derived terms

jock (“athlete”)
jockey shorts

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: 双丁, 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, conchiglia protettiva, sospensorio conchiglia, sospensorio elastico
Japanese: ジョックストラップ (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 f, suspensor, suspensorio (es) m
Swedish: suspensoar (sv) c
Thai: กระจับ (th) (grà-jàp)
Turkish: süspansuvar
Welsh: jocstrap m

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