job

Significado

Noun

1. A task.
2. An economic role for which a person is paid.
3. Plastic surgery.
4. A sex act.
5. 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.
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).
10. (slang) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.

Verb

1. To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
2. To work as a jobber.
3. (slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
4. To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
5. To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
6. 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.

Verb

1. To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).
2. To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
3. To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/d͡ʒɒb/

Etimología

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.

Oraciones

Did you know that Harry got a new job ?

¿Sabías que Harry consiguió un nuevo trabajo?