English Dictionary

job

/d͡ʒɒb/

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.

She enjoys her job.

意味（1）

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

Authors of all work, to job for the season.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To work as a jobber.

意味（3）

(intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.

意味（4）

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

意味（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.

意味（6）

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

And judges job, and bishops bite the town.

意味（7）

To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.

a raven pitch'd upon him, and there sate, jobbing of the sore

意味（8）

To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.

And while the Tympan is coming , he slips his Left Hand Fingers from under the Frisket to the hither outer corner of it , as well to keep the Sheet close to the Tympan in its position , as to avoid the jobbing of the lower side of the Frisket against the small square shoulder

意味（9）

To hire or let in periods of service.

to job a carriage