job

noun12

1. •
   a position in which someone does work and is paid for it

   • That surgeon has a great job.
   • He's been out of a job since being made redundant in January.
2. •
   A task.

   • I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?
   • I didn't speak to many coworkers for the first year on the job.
3. •
   A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
4. •
   Plastic surgery.

   • He had a nose job.
5. •
   (informal) A robbery or heist.
6. •
   (slang) A sex act.
7. •
   (informal) 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.
8. •
   Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
9. •
   (UK, slang) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.

   • “He was ex-job, Beavis. Detective sergeant out of County, Banbury, retired in ‘59.” — 2018
10. •
    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.
11. •
    (slang, vulgar) Synonym of penis.
12. •
    (no longer used) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab or punch.

    • Fair dinkum, a man ought to give you a job in the b— face. — 1937

verb10

1. •
   To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.

   • Authors of all work, to job for the season. — 1852
2. •
   To work as a jobber.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
5. •
   To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.

   • He had ‘jobbed out’ the eye of one gentleman. — 1844
6. •
   (Australia) To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.

   • A stranger jobbed me in the mug so hard that I fell off my chair. — 2001
7. •
   To hire or let in periods of service.

   • […] ...and a pair of handsome horses were jobbed, with which Jos drove about in state in the park... — 1847
8. •
   (slang) To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
9. •
   To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.

   • And judges job, and bishops bite the town. — 1733
10. •
    (no longer used) To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).

    • a raven pitch'd upon him, and there sate, jobbing of the sore — 1692

noun1

1. •
   (figurative) A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.