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job stopper

job stopper is the alternative form of jobstopper.

Meaning of jobstopper

Noun

jobstopper (plural jobstoppers)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A large prominent tattoo; a tattoo that makes it difficult for the wearer to secure employment.
    • Call to ban face tattoos for under-21s after rise in youngsters seeking extreme 'jobstopper' inkings made fashionable by celebrities including Justin Bieber2019 November 18, “Tattooists' group calls for ban on face tattoos for under-21s”, in Daily Mail
  2. (colloquial) A problem that totally impedes a project.
    • In the final pre-launch phase, in which a car is tested to destruction, any breakdown is a "job stopper."1991, Peter G. W. Keen, Shaping the Future: Business Design Through Information Technology, [Boston, Mass.] : Harvard Business School Press

Forms of job stopper

pluraljob stoppers

Questions about job stopper

What is job stopper the alternative form of?
Job stopper is the alternative form of jobstopper.

Words near job stopper in the dictionary

  1. job shop
  2. job shops
  3. job site
  4. job sites
  5. job splitting
  6. job stopper
  7. job stoppers
  8. job title
  9. job titles
  10. job's a good 'un
  11. job's a good'un

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