job en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (UK) audio
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dʒɑb/ (General-American, Ireland)
- (US) audio
- /dʒɒb/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A task.
And it's my job to take care of the skanks on the road that you bang.
1996, Cameron Crowe, Jerry Maguire:I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.
I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?
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(countable, uncountable) An economic role for which a person is paid.
That surgeon has a great job.
Here I am at my new job!
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)I was looking for a job and then I found a job / And heaven knows I'm miserable now
1984, Johnny Marr & Morrissey, “Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now”, in Hatful of Hollow, performed by The Smiths:Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
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(countable, in noun compounds, uncountable) Plastic surgery.
He had a nose job.
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(countable, in noun compounds, uncountable) A sex act.
hand job
You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothing.
2000 August 6, “Easy Come, Easy Go”, in Sex and the City, season 3, episode 9, spoken by Samantha:
- (countable, uncountable) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
- (countable, uncountable) A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
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(countable, informal, uncountable) A robbery or heist.
a bank job
This freak Vernon got the intelligence on the safe job and passed it on to some other freak, a guy that hears voices in his head and talks back to them. […] We don't think [Vernon's squeeze] is in on the heist, but she apparently is in love with this creep who is laying the pipe in her trough!
2010, J. Lamar, Honor, Deception and Justice, page 53:
- (countable, uncountable) Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
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(colloquial, countable, uncountable) A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.
One of them was about nine years ago when I stood in white tie and tails beside a little blonde job (laughter and applause) down in front of the First Methodist Church of Birmingham, […]
1936, Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Warehousemen's Association, volume 45, page 376:
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(UK, slang, uncountable) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
But there it was on the screen: The personal details of his old colleague from Kennington station in the late nineties.[…]She’s job. We used to work together.
2018 July 24, Chris Merritt, Last Witness:A Gripping Crime Thriller You Won’t Be Able To Put Down:“I’m job, DS Townsend. I have to report a missing person.”
2022 February 9, Daragh Carville, Richard Clark, Furquan Akhtar, 01:33 from the start, in The Bay, season 3, episode 5, spoken by DS Jenn Townsend (Marsha Thomason):“He was ex-job, Beavis. Detective sergeant out of County, Banbury, retired in ‘59.”
2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 14:17 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by DS Endeavour Morse (Shaun Evans):
- (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Synonym of penis.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jobs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| j*b | alternative | lexicographic |
Descendants
jobb · job · jobb · djòb · job · džob · djòb · Job · jobb · job · job · job · job · job
Synonyms
rigamajig · yoke · joint · widget · doodah · doohickus · jobby · whatdyecallem · frammis · doober · thingummy · thingummajig · foo · whatsit · foobar · whatsaname · bizzo · doohinkus · thingmy · thingamajig · thingamafuck · whatsis · doo-hickey · thingabob · gewgaw · doohickey · wossname · Sorted by number of Google hits · thingummyjig · oojamaflip · jobber · jawn · hickey · frobnitz · geegaw · affair · junk · dealy · hootenanny · thingymajig · whosit · doofer · gingambob · dinglehopper · doohinkey · thingymabob · gubbins · whaddayacallit · thingo · doovalacky · dealie · dojigger · thingmajig · dohickey · whatchacallit · jigger · whatchamahoozie · dongle · thingummabob · thingumabob · hodad · métier · thingum · chingadera · doojigger · thingy · penis · MacGuffin · whosiewhatsit · Sorted alphabetically · thingamabobber · kludge · whachacallit · whiff-whaff · thingmabob · ting · thingamajigger · yokibus · gismo · whachamacallit · wossisname · thingumajig · whatchamacallit · whatdoyoucallit · gimmick · stuff · thingamajiggy · wotsit · doodad · dingus · thingamabob · gingumbob · bazinga · jimbang · gizmo · whatsitsname · thing · shebang · kajigger · whatnot · gadget · thingie
Translations (319)
sh ра̏д (economic role for which a person is paid) · et töö (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg заная́т (economic role for which a person is paid) · sk práca (economic role for which a person is paid) · mk задача (task) · tg кор (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru зада́ние (task) · af beroep (economic role for which a person is paid) · th การ (economic role for which a person is paid) · el δουλειά (economic role for which a person is paid) · sh posao (task) · be рабо́та (task) · id pekerjaan (economic role for which a person is paid) · dtp pakalajaan (economic role for which a person is paid) · be пра́ца (task) · eo laboro (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 工作 (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 職業 /职业 (economic role for which a person is paid) · sh по̀сао (economic role for which a person is paid) · de Aufgabe (task) · it compito (task) · is starf (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 營生 /营生 (economic role for which a person is paid) · kk іс (economic role for which a person is paid) · la pensum (task) · de Anstellung (economic role for which a person is paid) · fa شغل (economic role for which a person is paid) · my လုပ်ငန်း (task) · ca treball (task) · lt darbas (economic role for which a person is paid) · av иш (task) · pdt Oabeit (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 일 (task) · hy աշխատանք (economic role for which a person is paid) · ka სამუშაო (task) · it mestiere (economic role for which a person is paid) · da opdrag (task) · acw مُهِمَّة (task) · ur کار (economic role for which a person is paid) · ga tasc (task) · th งาน (economic role for which a person is paid) · fa کار (task) · ca treball (economic role for which a person is paid) · es trabajo (task) · el εργασία (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 조브 (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · ar عَمَل (economic role for which a person is paid) · gd obair (task) · ru до́лжность (economic role for which a person is paid) · sv jobb (economic role for which a person is paid) · cs úloha (task) · ml ജോലി (task) · de Stelle (economic role for which a person is paid) · sk úloha (task) · hu munka (economic role for which a person is paid) · ro muncă (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 알바 (economic role for which a person is paid) · es tarea (task) · mk работа (task) · fr tâche (task) · ga jab (economic role for which a person is paid) · hy գործ (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru пласти́ческая опера́ция (plastic surgery) · ps شغل (economic role for which a person is paid) · nl werk (economic role for which a person is paid) · uz xizmat (economic role for which a person is paid) · cs úkol (task) · hi नौकरी (economic role for which a person is paid) · nl taak (task) · uk пра́ця (task) · tl abyad (task) · pt trabalho (task) · mn ажил (economic role for which a person is paid) · tr iş (task) · ar مَهَمَّة (task) · gd cosnadh (economic role for which a person is paid) · sv uppdrag (task) · uz ish (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 일자리 (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr tâche (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · es pega (economic role for which a person is paid) · grc ἐργασία (task) · mnc ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᡵᡝ ᡝᠨᠴᡝᡥᡝᠨ (economic role for which a person is paid) · is verk (task) · fr travail (task) · ka პლასტიკური ოპერაცია (plastic surgery) · ml വേല (task) · ga post (economic role for which a person is paid) · sl delo (task) · vi công việc (task) · pl zadanie (task) · sv arbete (economic role for which a person is paid) · be пра́ца (economic role for which a person is paid) · pt tarefa (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · es brete (economic role for which a person is paid) · ml ജോലി (economic role for which a person is paid) · my အလုပ် (economic role for which a person is paid) · hu beosztás (economic role for which a person is paid) · es laburo (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru зада́ча (task) · es talacha (economic role for which a person is paid) · rsk праца (economic role for which a person is paid) · ug خىزمەت (economic role for which a person is paid) · es curro (economic role for which a person is paid) · ny ntchito (economic role for which a person is paid) · rsk робота (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 作業 /作业 (task) · es camello (economic role for which a person is paid) · za gunghcoz (economic role for which a person is paid) · sh pòsao (economic role for which a person is paid) · ja ジョブ (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · fr boulot (economic role for which a person is paid) · cy jobyn (task) · es encargo (task) · cy tasg (task) · oc trabalh (task) · de Job (economic role for which a person is paid) · fa کار (economic role for which a person is paid) · ca feina (economic role for which a person is paid) · vo vobod (task) · af werk (economic role for which a person is paid) · ja 仕事 (task) · ru де́ло (task) · wo liggéey (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru зада́ча (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · pl praca (economic role for which a person is paid) · eo posteno (economic role for which a person is paid) · be зада́нне (task) · uk пра́ця (economic role for which a person is paid) · cy swydd (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr travail (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr poste (economic role for which a person is paid) · ar وَظِيفَة (economic role for which a person is paid) · pt emprego (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru заня́тие (economic role for which a person is paid) · sv uppgift (task) · el -πλαστική (plastic surgery) · acw شُغُل (economic role for which a person is paid) · ar مِهْنَة (economic role for which a person is paid) · ru рабо́та (economic role for which a person is paid) · sk práca (task) · es chamba (economic role for which a person is paid) · gd dreuchd (economic role for which a person is paid) · ps دنده (economic role for which a person is paid) · tr görev (task) · om hojii (economic role for which a person is paid) · hy պաշտոն (economic role for which a person is paid) · ast tayu (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr boulot (task) · te ఉద్యోగము (economic role for which a person is paid) · gd obair (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 일 (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg зада́ча (task) · ka სამუშაო (economic role for which a person is paid) · fi tehtävä (task) · cmn 工作 (task) · uk робо́та (task) · cs práce (task) · nl baan (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · hu feladat (task) · ky иш (economic role for which a person is paid) · km ការងារ (task) · yue 工作 (economic role for which a person is paid) · pt job (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · tg шуғл (economic role for which a person is paid) · ml പണി (economic role for which a person is paid) · gd car (economic role for which a person is paid) · arz شغل (economic role for which a person is paid) · de Auftrag (task) · ja ジョブ (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg ра́бота (task) · lo ນັກງານ (economic role for which a person is paid) · pl praca (task) · da opgave (task) · th งาน (task) · vec laoro (task) · vec mes-cer (task) · sl delo (economic role for which a person is paid) · lv darbs (economic role for which a person is paid) · km ការងារ (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr métier (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr plastie (plastic surgery) · ru рабо́та (task) · pl zajęcie (task) · kmr kar (economic role for which a person is paid) · ny ntchito (task) · pt plástica (plastic surgery) · gd car (task) · nl job (task) · ky жумуш (economic role for which a person is paid) · lad echo (task) · fi työ (task) · uk ді́ло (task) · cs práce (economic role for which a person is paid) · tk iş (economic role for which a person is paid) · es jale (economic role for which a person is paid) · sq punë (economic role for which a person is paid) · sk robota (task) · fi työ (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg ра́бота (economic role for which a person is paid) · es trabajo (economic role for which a person is paid) · arz مهنة (economic role for which a person is paid) · el εργασία (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · hy առաջադրանք (task) · tr vazife (task) · hi काम (task) · es empleo (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 職務 /职务 (economic role for which a person is paid) · da job (economic role for which a person is paid) · ast trabayu (economic role for which a person is paid) · az iş (economic role for which a person is paid) · ur نوکری (economic role for which a person is paid) · gl traballo (economic role for which a person is paid) · cmn 崗位 /岗位 (economic role for which a person is paid) · tl gawain (task) · nl job (economic role for which a person is paid) · sv jobb (task) · arz وظيفة (economic role for which a person is paid) · de Arbeit (economic role for which a person is paid) · uk робо́та (economic role for which a person is paid) · tet knaar (task) · bn কাজ (economic role for which a person is paid) · ug ئىش (economic role for which a person is paid) · ro lucru (economic role for which a person is paid) · dng хуә (economic role for which a person is paid) · ta வேலை (task) · ka საქმე (task) · gsw Prueff (economic role for which a person is paid) · lo ງານ (economic role for which a person is paid) · de Job (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · sm gāluega (economic role for which a person is paid) · sh посао (task) · lo ການ (economic role for which a person is paid) · ja 仕事 (economic role for which a person is paid) · th การงาน (economic role for which a person is paid) · arz شغلانة (economic role for which a person is paid) · sh rȁd (economic role for which a person is paid) · is verkefni (task) · eo tasko (task) · uz vazifa (economic role for which a person is paid) · vec mestièr (task) · ar شُغْل (economic role for which a person is paid) · ka დავალება (task) · pt trabalho (economic role for which a person is paid) · el εργασία (task) · ga jab (task) · uk завда́ння (task) · ast emplegu (economic role for which a person is paid) · fi erä (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · hi काम (economic role for which a person is paid) · is vinna (economic role for which a person is paid) · pt serviço (task) · kk жұмыс (economic role for which a person is paid) · to ngāue (economic role for which a person is paid) · arz مهمة (task) · fr job (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr emploi (economic role for which a person is paid) · dng гунзуә (economic role for which a person is paid) · tet knaar (economic role for which a person is paid) · es cheje (economic role for which a person is paid) · ba эш (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 직업 (economic role for which a person is paid) · it lavoro (economic role for which a person is paid) · az vəzifə (economic role for which a person is paid) · kw oberen (task) · hu munka (task) · gl tarefa (task) · nl baan (economic role for which a person is paid) · he עֲבוֹדָה (economic role for which a person is paid) · acw وظيفة (economic role for which a person is paid) · tr iş (economic role for which a person is paid) · ml തൊഴിൽ (economic role for which a person is paid) · ms pekerjaan (economic role for which a person is paid) · la negōtium (economic role for which a person is paid) · tl trabaho (economic role for which a person is paid) · ro slujbă (economic role for which a person is paid) · nb arbeid (economic role for which a person is paid) · ps کار (economic role for which a person is paid) · nb jobb (economic role for which a person is paid) · gmw-cfr Berof (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg зада́ча (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · ja バイト (economic role for which a person is paid) · fr job (computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode) · de Beruf (economic role for which a person is paid) · es yob (economic role for which a person is paid) · sq detyrë (task) · hi कार (economic role for which a person is paid) · mk работа (economic role for which a person is paid) · tt эш (economic role for which a person is paid) · ko 아르바이트 (economic role for which a person is paid) · vi nghề (economic role for which a person is paid) · mww tej num (economic role for which a person is paid) · gl emprego (economic role for which a person is paid) · bg де́ло (task) · ka საქმე (economic role for which a person is paid) · be дзе́ла (task) · pt tarefa (task) · nl beroep (economic role for which a person is paid) · sv tjänst (economic role for which a person is paid) · el πλαστική (plastic surgery) · sv anställning (economic role for which a person is paid) · he מִשְׂרָה (economic role for which a person is paid) · hy գործ (task) · nan-hbl 頭路 /头路 (economic role for which a person is paid) · ro treabă (economic role for which a person is paid) · tl hanapbuhay (economic role for which a person is paid) · ur کام (economic role for which a person is paid) · af taak (task) · yi אַרבעט (economic role for which a person is paid) · hu állás (economic role for which a person is paid) · fi leikkaus (plastic surgery) · cmn 任務 /任务 (task) · ur کام (task) · tl trabaho (task) · bg пласти́чна опера́ция (plastic surgery) · fr -plastie (plastic surgery) · ga obair (economic role for which a person is paid) · da arbejde (economic role for which a person is paid) · be рабо́та (economic role for which a person is paid)