Definition of "job" in Englisch

noun

1. A task.

   • I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?

2. 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.
   • Here I am at my new job!

3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.

   • He had a nose job.

4. (in noun compounds) A sex act.

   • hand job

5. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).

6. 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.

7. (informal) A robbery or heist.

   • a bank job

8. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.

9. (colloquial) 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.

10. (UK, slang, law enforcement) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.

11. (vulgar, slang) A penis.

verb

1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.

3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.

4. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.

5. (transitive, often with out) 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.

6. (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

7. To hire or let in periods of service.

   • to job a carriage

verb

1. (intransitive, now rare, regional) To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).

2. (transitive) To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.

3. (transitive, now Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.