job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒɒb/
ipa: /dʒɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: jobs
form: jobbing
form: jobbed
form: jobbed
form: j*b
Etymology: From the phrase jobbe of work (“piece of work”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of Middle English gobbe (“mass, lump”); or perhaps related to Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop.
Senses: examples: text: Authors of all work, to job for the season.
ref: a. 1852, Thomas Moore, Literary Advertisement:
glosses: To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
glosses: To work as a jobber.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
examples: text: We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
glosses: To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
raw_tags: with out
examples: text: And judges job, and bishops bite the town.
ref: 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst:
glosses: To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
examples: text: to job a carriage
text: […] ...and a pair of handsome horses were jobbed, with which Jos drove about in state in the park...
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: To hire or let in periods of service.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb job
word: 3D job
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word: bad job
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word: bag job
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word: batch job
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word: black bag job
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word: bladejob
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word: bleach job
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word: blowjob
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word: blow job
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word: blue job
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word: bob-a-job
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word: bob-job
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word: bodge job
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word: boob job
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word: botched job
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word: botch job
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word: brow job
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word: brown job
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word: bullshit job
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word: butt job
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word: by the job
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word: chin job
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word: cronjob
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word: day job
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word: desk job
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word: don't give up the day job
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word: don't give up your day job
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word: don't quit your day job
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word: do one's job
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word: do the job
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word: double-jobbing
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word: dream job
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word: dump job
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word: dye job
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word: eye job
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word: face job
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word: fang job
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word: flex job
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word: foot job
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word: get the job done
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word: give something up as a bad job
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word: gob job
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word: good job
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word: great job
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word: gum job
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word: hack job
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word: handjob
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word: hand job
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word: hatchet job
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word: have a job to
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word: hitjob
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word: I'm looking for a job
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word: inside job
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word: job action
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word: job advertisement
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word: job ad
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word: job advert
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word: job aid
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word: job analysis
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word: job and finish
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word: job and knock
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word: job application
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word: job backwards
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word: jobber
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word: jobbery
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word: jobbie
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word: jobbish
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word: job center
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word: job centre
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word: Jobcentre
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word: job club
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word: Jobclub
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word: job control
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word: job creator
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word: jobday
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word: job description
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word: job fair
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word: jobforce
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word: job force
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word: job fright
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word: jobholder
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word: jobholding
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word: job-hop
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word: job-hopper
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word: job-hopping
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word: jobhour
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word: jobhunter
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word: job-hunt
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word: job hunting
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word: job interview
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word: job jar
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word: jobless
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word: joblife
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word: joblike
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word: joblist
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word: job lock
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word: job lot
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word: jobmaker
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word: job market
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word: job master
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word: jobmate
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word: jobmistress
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word: jobname
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word: job offer
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word: job of work
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word: job op
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word: job order
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word: job posting
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word: job printer
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word: job production
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word: job queue
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word: job rotation
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word: job's a good 'un
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word: job satisfaction
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word: job scheduler
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word: jobsearch
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word: job searching
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word: job security
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word: jobseeker
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word: jobseeking
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word: jobs for the boys
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word: job-shadow
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word: jobshare
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word: job-sharing
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word: job shop
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word: jobsite
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word: jobster
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word: jobstopper
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word: jobsware
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word: jobsworth
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word: job title
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word: jobweek
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word: joe-job
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word: joe job
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word: Joe job
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word: junk job
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word: just the job
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word: knob job
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word: lace job
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word: lawn job
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word: lazy girl job
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word: lie down on the job
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word: lifetime job
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word: lip job
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word: little brown job
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word: lube job
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word: make the best of a bad job
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word: McJob
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word: mouth job
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word: night job
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word: nonjob
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word: nose job
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word: nose-job
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word: note job
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word: nut job
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word: odd job
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word: odd-job
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word: office job
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word: on job
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word: on the job
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word: on-the-job
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word: out of a job
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word: outside job
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word: paint job
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word: paper bag job
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word: prejob
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word: proper job
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word: provisional job
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word: put-up job
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word: ream job
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word: rimjob
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word: rim job
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word: rim-job
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word: rush job
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word: rush-job
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word: screwjob
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word: send a boy to do a man's job
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word: shackjob
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word: side job
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word: skin job
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word: snow job
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word: snow-job
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word: stop the job
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word: straight job
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word: summer job
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word: the job is oxo
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word: titjob
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word: toe job
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word: tonguejob
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word: top job
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word: toss job
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word: troll job
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word: union job
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word: walk off the job
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word: wankjob
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word: wet job
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word: whack job
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word: what is your job
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word: what's your job
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word: you had one job
Related terms: employment
labour
work