noun
A task.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
(in noun compounds) A sex act.
(computing) 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.
(informal) A robbery or heist.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
(colloquial) A thing or whatsit (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
(UK, slang, law enforcement) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
(vulgar, slang) A penis.
verb
(intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
(intransitive) To work as a jobber.
(intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
(transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
(transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
(intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
To hire or let in periods of service.
verb
(intransitive, now rare, regional) To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).
(transitive) To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
(transitive, now Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
noun
(obsolete) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab or punch.