job.
A task.
Meaning & usage
A task.
I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?
I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
That surgeon has a great job.
He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
Plastic surgery.
He had a nose job.
A sex act.
hand job
A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
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.
A robbery or heist.
a bank job
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
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.
The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
Synonym of penis.
Where this word comes from
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.
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
To work as a jobber.
To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To hire or let in periods of service.
to job a carriage
Where this word comes from
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.
To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).
To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
Where this word comes from
Imitative.
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab or punch.
Where this word comes from
Imitative.
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