suicide jockey
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Meaning · English
A semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “suicide jockey” mean?
A semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
Is “suicide jockey” formal or informal?
suicide jockey is generally slang.