Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to job
Participle: jobbed
Gerund: jobbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | job |
| you | job |
| he;she;it | jobs |
| we | job |
| you | job |
| they | job |
Perfect
| I | have jobbed |
| you | have jobbed |
| he;she;it | has jobbed |
| we | have jobbed |
| you | have jobbed |
| they | have jobbed |
Past
| I | jobbed |
| you | jobbed |
| he;she;it | jobbed |
| we | jobbed |
| you | jobbed |
| they | jobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jobbed |
| you | had jobbed |
| he;she;it | had jobbed |
| we | had jobbed |
| you | had jobbed |
| they | had jobbed |
Future
| I | will job |
| you | will job |
| he;she;it | will job |
| we | will job |
| you | will job |
| they | will job |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jobbed |
| you | will have jobbed |
| he;she;it | will have jobbed |
| we | will have jobbed |
| you | will have jobbed |
| they | will have jobbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | job |
| you | job |
| he;she;it | job |
| we | job |
| you | job |
| they | job |
Perfect
| I | have jobbed |
| you | have jobbed |
| he;she;it | have jobbed |
| we | have jobbed |
| you | have jobbed |
| they | have jobbed |
Imperfect
| I | jobbed |
| you | jobbed |
| he;she;it | jobbed |
| we | jobbed |
| you | jobbed |
| they | jobbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jobbed |
| you | had jobbed |
| he;she;it | had jobbed |
| we | had jobbed |
| you | had jobbed |
| they | had jobbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would job |
| you | would job |
| he;she;it | would job |
| we | would job |
| you | would job |
| they | would job |
Perfect
| I | would have jobbed |
| you | would have jobbed |
| he;she;it | would have jobbed |
| we | would have jobbed |
| you | would have jobbed |
| they | would have jobbed |
Imperative
| you | job |
| we | Let's job |
| you | job |
Verbs conjugated like 'job'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'job'
bob,
cob,
dob,
fob,
gob,
hob,
jab,
jib,
jobe,
jog,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pierce or wound with a pointed tool or weapon
- chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, juke, kebab, knifecrime, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
- dupe
- fool, gull, hoax
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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.
Verbs referencing "job"
English
jab, German, old spelling
jobben.
Sample Sentences
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Authors of all work, to job for the season. [a. 1852, Thomas Moore, Literary Advertisement:]
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We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.
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And judges job, and bishops bite the town. [1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst:]
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to job a carriage
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[…] ...and a pair of handsome horses were jobbed, with which Jos drove about in state in the park... [1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:]