"bench jockey" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "As verbal jousting is frequently called \"riding\", the \"rider\" sitting on a bench came to be known as the \"bench jockey\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bench jockeys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bench jockey (plural bench jockeys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Baseball",
          "orig": "en:Baseball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "coach",
          "coach"
        ],
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "opposition",
          "opposition"
        ],
        [
          "dugout",
          "dugout"
        ],
        [
          "bench",
          "bench"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-bench jockey.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bench jockey"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "As verbal jousting is frequently called \"riding\", the \"rider\" sitting on a bench came to be known as the \"bench jockey\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bench jockeys",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bench jockey (plural bench jockeys)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player"
        ],
        [
          "coach",
          "coach"
        ],
        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "opposition",
          "opposition"
        ],
        [
          "dugout",
          "dugout"
        ],
        [
          "bench",
          "bench"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-bench jockey.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-au-bench_jockey.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bench jockey"
}