- jobbing
- adjective Date: 1705 chiefly British working occasionally at separate short jobs
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jobbing — job‧bing [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ ǁ ˈdʒɑː ] adjective [only before a noun] jobbing builder/gardener/printer etc JOBS someone who does small pieces of work for different people * * * Ⅰ. jobbing UK US /ˈdʒɒbɪŋ/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe someone… … Financial and business terms
Jobbing — Job bing, a. 1. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. [1913 Webster] 2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. London Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster] {Jobbing house}, a mercantile… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jobbing — or To Job has the following meanings:*In the wholesale mercantile business refers to: ** Jobbing center , to buy wholesale products to sell to retailers.*Used in Pop Culture **Used as a verb in Professional wrestling. jobbing means to lose or lie … Wikipedia
jobbing — index commercial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
jobbing — [[t]ʤɒ̱bɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A jobbing worker does not work for someone on a regular basis, but does particular jobs when they are asked to. [BRIT] ...a jobbing builder … English dictionary
jobbing — UK [ˈdʒɒbɪŋ] / US [ˈdʒɑbɪŋ] adjective British a jobbing worker does not have a permanent job and does individual pieces of work for money a jobbing builder … English dictionary
Jobbing — Job Job (j[o^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jobbed} (j[o^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jobbing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument. Moxon. [1913 Webster] 3. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jobbing — Recorded in many forms including Job, Jobb, Jupp, Jopp, the diminutives Joblin, Jobling, Jobbling, Jopling, Jobbing, Jobbings, the dialectals Joberne, Joburn, Joburne, Yerborn, and others, this is an English surname but one of at least four… … Surnames reference
jobbing — adj. Jobbing is used with these nouns: ↑printer … Collocations dictionary
jobbing — job|bing [ˈdʒɔbıŋ US ˈdʒa: ] adj BrE jobbing builder/gardener/printer etc someone who does small pieces of work for different people … Dictionary of contemporary English
jobbing — adjective BrE jobbing gardener/painter etc someone who does small pieces of work for different people … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
