odd-job
odd-job is the alternative form of odd job.
odd-job is the attributive form of odd job.
Verb
odd-job (third-person singular simple present odd-jobs, present participle odd-jobbing, simple past and past participle odd-jobbed)
- To work by taking a variety of temporary jobs.
- Both boys and girls were expected to 'odd-job' to bring in extra funds.2002, Lionel Rose, The Erosion of Childhood: Childhood in Britain 1860-1918, →ISBN
- Some of the actors were locals, others outsiders who odd-jobbed it while they performed.2016, Harry Turtledove, Typecasting, →ISBN
- To perform odd or temporary jobs for someone.
Meaning of odd job
Noun
odd job (plural odd jobs)
- A spell of temporary employment.
- They believe that when a partnership works as well as theirs has, you shouldn't analyze it too much. Success came in the midforties when Paramount hired them for the musical equivalent of odd jobs.2003, Sam Staggs, Close-up on Sunset Boulevard, →ISBN
- A task of an incidental, unspecialized nature.
- I like doing odd jobs around the house.
Forms of odd-job
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | odd-jobs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | odd-jobs |
| present participle | odd-jobbing |
| past participle | odd-jobbed |
| past | odd-jobbed |
Phrases with odd-job
Questions about odd-job
- What does odd-job mean?
- Odd-job means to work by taking a variety of temporary jobs.
- What is odd-job the alternative form of?
- Odd-job is the alternative form of odd job.
- What part of speech is odd-job?
- Odd-job is a verb.
- What is the past tense of odd-job?
- The past tense of odd-job is odd-jobbed.
Words near odd-job in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: odd-job (page history and authors); odd job (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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