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1 2.6
To do short occasional work for pay
  • verb
  • /dʒɑb/
  • UK
: trabajar ocasionalmente
  • During the summer, many students job in various roles to gain experience.

Examples

  • You wanna job?

  • She decided to job occasionally to earn extra money for her vacation.

  • They job up an incredibly storage yard.

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  • Do you job?

  • Wanna job?

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  • I often job for local businesses to help them with special projects.

Idioms

252 2.7

At work doing your job

patience of Job
  • Literature
1 9.9

A quality of staying calm for a long time despite great problems, like Job in the Bible

1 9.0

A joking way to say someone is not good enough to do something as a job

Phrasal Verbs

To finish a task well and quickly

Find and start working in a different job

22 7.7

Damage or spoil something badly

18 3.3

To get a job you really want, often one that is hard to find

To keep a job for a long time despite problems

To stop working at a job because you want something different

To try to get a job by applying or going to an interview

Compounds

great job
  • Informal
347 1.0

To praise someone for doing a task well

86 1.8

A meeting where an employer asks someone who wants the job questions to see if they fit

A written list of the main duties and skills needed for a job

44 2.5

Work covering something, like a car or wall, with color to make it look new

hand job
  • Offensive
39 9.9

A sexual act where one person uses a hand to touch a man's penis for pleasure

A chance to get a job in a specific position

38 3.4

A difficult task that needs a lot of effort

nut job
  • Slur
38 8.8

A rude word for a person who acts in a very strange or crazy way

nose job
  • Informal
33 4.6

An operation to change the shape of the nose to make it look better

31 2.6

A situation when a person no longer has a job because of company problems or a weak economy

27 4.2

A crime done with help from someone who works there

odd-job
  • UK
26 4.2

Work involving small, short tasks that are not regular or skilled

26 3.7

A person or company that gives people new jobs

23 1.9

Very good work that impresses people

A written form you fill in to ask for a job

15 3.5

Happening while you are working at your job

bang-up job
  • Informal
15 4.2

A piece of work that is done very well

13 2.5

An ability needed to do a particular job or to get a job

10 3.7

A job where you cannot get a better position

8 3.9

The most difficult role someone can have

8 2.8

A paid job training and leading sports players or teams

hatchet job
  • Literature
6 8.4

A written or spoken attack that unfairly hurts someone's reputation

A person who applies to be hired for a job

Book of Job
  • Literature
5 7.9

A book in the Bible that tells of a man who suffers and God answers him

bullshit job
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A job that feels pointless and gives no real value

snow job
  • Informal
2 8.2

An attempt to trick someone by using false or exaggerated praise

A job that lasts only a few weeks or months

A job that causes a lot of stress and has strict deadlines

put-up job
  • Informal
1 8.5

A secret plan to trick people by making something seem accidental

plum job
  • Informal
1 5.1

A job many people want because it pays well, gives good benefits or brings respect

1 3.9

A man who does small repair jobs around the home

job action
  • Specialized
1 5.7

Temporary work protest by workers to demand better pay or conditions

1 3.9

Work you do besides your main paid work to earn extra money

heckuva job
  • Informal
1 8.8

Very good work that impresses other people

wet job
  • NSFW
1 9.9

An illegal secret job to kill or hurt someone for an organization

1 6.5

A person who changes jobs often

joe job
  • Slang
1 9.9

A low-paid unskilled job that feels boring or useless

job lot
  • UK
1 5.7

A group of different items sold together at a low price

joe job
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A fake email sent to make someone look bad using their email address

job control
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A program that prepares and runs groups of scheduled computer tasks

tale of Job
  • Literature
1 9.1

A story from the Bible about a man who keeps his faith during great suffering

job skill
  • Jargon
1 3.5

An ability a video game character has from their chosen role to do special actions

junk job
  • Informal
1 6.1

A low-paid job that is boring and gives no chance to move up

eggcellent job
  • Informal
9.6

A playful way to say someone did a very good job

A small unimportant task done badly, like filing papers

jammy job
  • Slang
7.6

An easy job that pays well and needs little work

job-oriented terminal
  • Specialized
7.7

A computer used for one specific work task, like taking orders

job-control language
  • Specialized
8.2

A set of computer commands that tell an operating system which tasks to run

quarter-ass job
  • Offensive
9.9

Work done badly that gives bad results

6.5

A woman who does small tasks like repairs or gardening

How Regular

full-time
407 2.6
part-time
176 1.6
to job
  • UK
1 2.6
to freelance
27 4.1

Surface Forms

job infinitive
jobbed past
jobbed past participle
jobbing present participle
jobs third person singular

Etymology

Job comes from an old word gobbet meaning 'a piece', so the verb to job means to do small pieces of paid work now and then. In other words, to job is to work on short or occasional tasks for money.