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jobstoppers

jobstoppers is the plural 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

Questions about jobstoppers

What is jobstoppers the plural of?
Jobstoppers is the plural of jobstopper.

Words near jobstoppers in the dictionary

  1. jobspeak
  2. Jobst
  3. jobster
  4. jobsters
  5. jobstopper
  6. jobstoppers
  7. Jobsts
  8. jobsworth
  9. jobsworths
  10. Joburg
  11. Joburger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jobstoppers (page history and authors); jobstopper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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