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Added 3 October 2026

job

/dʒɒb/ symbol

In Latin: pensum Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Joba.

noun

An economic role for which a person is paid.
That surgeon has a great job.
Plastic surgery.
He had a nose job.
A sex act.
hand job

verb

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.

verb

To peck (of a bird); to poke or prod . .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
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.

Origin

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.

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