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occupation, calling, vocation, appointment, pursuit, field,<br />

trade, craft, profession, m‚tier, area: What kind of job is she<br />

looking for? Harry has a new job. 2 assignment, responsibility,<br />

concern, chore, task, undertaking, function, duty, role,<br />

mission, province, contribution, charge: It is my job to see<br />

that the machines run properly. 3 task, undertaking, procedure,<br />

proceeding, affair, operation, project, activity, business,<br />

matter, chore: The job of changing the gasket will take only a<br />

few minutes. 4 problem, difficulty, burden, nuisance, bother;<br />

toil, grind, drudgery; Colloq headache, pain (in the neck),<br />

hassle, Slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: It was a real<br />

job getting them to pay for the damage. 5 crime, felony;<br />

robbery, burglary, Slang US and Canadian caper: From the modus<br />

operandi, I'd say that the same gang did that job in Manchester.<br />

--v. 6 Often, job out. let out, assign, apportion, allot, share<br />

out, contract, hire, employ, subcontract, farm out, consign,<br />

commission: They undertake to do the work, but then they job it<br />

out to others.<br />

jog<br />

join<br />

joint<br />

v. 1 trot, lope, dogtrot, run: I jog around the reservoir<br />

every morning for exercise. 2 jar, prod, nudge, arouse, stir,<br />

stimulate, prompt, activate, shake: I jogged his memory by<br />

referring to the time the dog bit him. 3 bounce, shake, jolt,<br />

joggle, jounce, jerk: I was being jogged about in the back of<br />

the van as we sped over the rocky terrain.<br />

v. 1 unite, connect, couple, link, marry, yoke, combine, fasten<br />

or tie or glue or weld or solder (together), unify: These two<br />

pieces should be joined for greater strength. 2 ally or league<br />

with, associate (oneself) with, team up with, throw (one's lot)<br />

in with, enlist (in), sign (up) (with), enrol (in), enter: She<br />

was invited to join the bridge club. 3 go or be with, associate<br />

with, accompany, attach (oneself) to, participate with: Would<br />

you care to join us for a game of bridge? 4 border (on or<br />

upon), meet, touch, abut, butt, adjoin, be adjacent (to), extend<br />

to, verge on, coincide (with), juxtapose, be contiguous or<br />

conterminous (with), be coextensive (with): The two properties<br />

join at the top of the ridge.<br />

n. 1 seam, union, juncture, connection, junction, intersection:<br />

The joint won't show after the whole thing's been painted. 2<br />

Slang dive, dump, US and Canadian honky-tonk: We went into a

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