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I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.
Donald Glover

Meaning of "day job" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DAY JOB

day job  [deɪ dʒɒb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAY JOB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Day job is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DAY JOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

day job

Job

A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment. A person usually begins a job by becoming an employee, volunteering, or starting a business. The duration of a job may range from an hour to a lifetime. The activity that requires a person's mental or physical effort is work. If a person is trained for a certain type of job, they may have a profession. The series of jobs a person holds in their life is their career.

Definition of day job in the English dictionary

The definition of day job in the dictionary is the job that a person during the day to earn a living, as opposed to some more glamorous activity such as being a singer, dancer, actor, writer that they aspire to make their main source of income.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DAY JOB


bob-a-job
ˌbɒbəˈdʒɒb
handjob
ˈhændˌdʒɒb
hob-job
ˈhɒbˌdʒɒb
job
dʒɒb
McJob
məkˈdʒɒb
off-the-job
ˌɒfðəˈdʒɒb
on-the-job
ˌɒnðəˈdʒɒb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DAY JOB

day after day
day bed
day blindness
day boarder
day boy
day by day
day case
day girl
day hospital
day in, day out
day labourer
day letter
day lily
day name
day nurse
day nursery
Day of Atonement
day of judgement
Day of Judgment
day of reckoning

WORDS THAT END LIKE DAY JOB

blow job
boob job
dead-end job
don´t give up the day job
executive job
hatchet job
holiday job
inside job
joe job
just the job
make the best of a bad job
nose job
office job
on the job
put-up job
rush job
scissors-and-paste job
snow job
summer job
teaching job

Synonyms and antonyms of day job in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «day job» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DAY JOB

Find out the translation of day job to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of day job from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «day job» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

日常工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

días de trabajo
570 millions of speakers

English

day job
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दिन का काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يوم العمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

день работы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dia de trabalho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিনের কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kerja sehari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Job
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

本業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일 작업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dina proyek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công việc hàng ngày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாள் வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिवस नोकरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

günlük iş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giorno di lavoro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dzień pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

день роботи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zi de locuri de muncă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργασία ημέρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dag werk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dagjobb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dag jobb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of day job

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DAY JOB»

The term «day job» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DAY JOB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «day job» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «day job» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about day job

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10 QUOTES WITH «DAY JOB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word day job.
1
Avi Arad
Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books.
2
Sarah Baker
I would say the biggest difference is that a movie is a shorter, more encapsulated experience, and a TV job is like having a regular day job where you get to do what you love.
3
Ned Beauman
I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.
4
Bo Bice
I think I started lip-synching about halfway through the first day, and it's not as easy as you think it would be. But it's definitely better than a day job.
5
Poppy Z. Brite
I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.
6
John Darnielle
A band's first album's usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.
7
Christopher Denham
I'm lucky enough to say my day job is acting. I cut my teeth as a theater actor and playwright in New York.
8
Tim Fish
I get approached to do a lot of commissioned art. Sometimes I do it, but I usually don't, given the day job and everything I've sort of got going on. I'm really passionate about it; there's not that much time left over for the other commissioned projects.
9
James Bernard Frost
I had just turned 28 and sold my first book, a travel guide for vegetarians, but I'd tell people about the day job that I didn't care about instead - I placed banner advertisements on the web for a search engine company.
10
Donald Glover
I call 'Community' the best day job in the world, because between takes, I get to write music. I get to write sketches. I get to write movies. It's the best job ever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAY JOB»

Discover the use of day job in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to day job and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Romance Is My Day Job: A Memoir of Finding Love at Last
A surprising and exhilarating look into Patience Bloom’s unexpected real-life love story. At some point, we’ve all wished romance could be more like fiction. Patience Bloom certainly did, many times over.
Patience Bloom, 2014
2
Writer with a Day Job: Inspiration & Exercises to Help You ...
Balancing a full-time job and a productive writing life is no easy feat, but author ?ine Greaney gives you the exercises, inspiration, and techniques you need to build creative expression into your daily life and establish the productive ...
Aine Greaney, 2011
3
Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job & Your Dream Job
Presents advice on how to achieve one's goal of obtaining a "dream" job.
Jon Acuff, 2011
4
Do Cool Sh*t: Quit Your Day Job, Start Your Own Business, ...
In Do Cool Sh*t, Miki shows you how to start your own business, fund it on a shoestring budget, convene the perfect group to brainstorm your business plan, test your product, get great (free) press coverage, and more—all while living a ...
Miki Agrawal, 2013
5
Don't Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs ...
This collection allows writers to build a bridge between themselves and their readers, connecting with those who love to read and those who dream about writing while on the job during the day.
Sonny Brewer, 2011
6
Next Day Job Interview: Prepare Tonight and Get the Job Tomorrow
Provides quick tips to help you prepare for an interview, research the employer, make a lasting impression, and follow up.
J. Michael Farr, Dick Gaither, Richard Gaither, 2009
7
Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age
That's the question that has been put to customer service rep Mark Thornton. And his answer is Day Job, a darkly comic, high-velocity run through the modern workplace.
Jon Baird, 2000
8
How to Be a Monastic and Not Leave Your Day Job: An ...
You don't have to live in a monastery in order to live like a monk.
Brother Benet Tvedten, 2006
9
Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions ...
Play Money explores the remarkable new phenomenon of MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments.
Julian Dibbell, 2007
10
The Day Job: Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener
This is the story of long nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write unsolicited scripts, and of much longer days spent trying to understand the British and their strange obsession with gardening.
Mark Wallington, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAY JOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term day job is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Writing young adult fiction helps me unwind from my day job
Lisa Drakeford's debut novel, The Baby, follows a young woman who gives birth unexpectedly. Photograph: Alamy ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Christie facing pressure from Dems to quit his day job
Barely a week after jumping into the presidential race, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is facing pressure from Democrats at home to quit his ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
3
Taylor Lautner I Didn't Quit My Day Job ... To Be a Photog
No offense to photogs, but Taylor Lautner ain't one of you -- or as Twain would put it ... reports of the "Twilight" star's career dying have been ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
4
Pirates of Penzance was fun but Mike Leigh heads back to film
Much as I've enjoyed doing this one, it is a digression from my day job, which is the job of making it up. “The truth is from that time (1970) to this ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
How To Moonlight Effectively And Keep Your Day Job
Though the progress was swift, Rudolph says that it was a balancing act to work between day job and passion project—especially in the ... «Fast Company, Jul 15»
6
Ant-Man: New TV Spot Shows Scott Lang At His Day Job
And as we see in the latest TV spot for Ant-Man, Scott Lang has a day job before Hank Pym reaches out to him. I don't want to spoil what it is, ... «Bam! Smack! Pow!, Jul 15»
7
Want Your Kids to Be Successful? Don't Quit Your Day Job, Says …
Listen up, working moms. It's time to put your guilt-ridden thoughts aside and start celebrating the fact that you are a mother with a thriving ... «PayScale Career News, Jul 15»
8
Stoke City: Diplomat to trade her day job for roaring on Stoke in the …
Stoke City: Diplomat to trade her day job for roaring on Stoke in the Lion City. By The Sentinel | Posted: July 02, 2015. Judith2. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Leicester players back to the day job for fitness assessments a day …
Just a day after their manager Nigel Pearson was unceremoniously sacked, Leicester City players have returned to training to undergo ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
10
How to Quit Your Day Job: A Capital Fringe Peek
Step 1) Don't. It's too much work. No matter how much you love what you're writing about – it's too hard. The rewrite process alone will kill you. «DC Theatre Scene, Jun 15»

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