Meaning of "hob-job" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF HOB-JOB

hob-job  [ˈhɒbˌdʒɒb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOB-JOB

Hob-Job is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hob-job in English.

WHAT DOES HOB-JOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hob-job in the English dictionary

The definition of hob-job in the dictionary is to do casual work or various small unskilled jobs.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOB-JOB

PRESENT

Present

I hob-job

you hob-job

he/she/it hob-jobs

we hob-job

you hob-job

they hob-job

Present continuous

I am hob-jobbing

you are hob-jobbing

he/she/it is hob-jobbing

we are hob-jobbing

you are hob-jobbing

they are hob-jobbing

Present perfect

I have hob-jobbed

you have hob-jobbed

he/she/it has hob-jobbed

we have hob-jobbed

you have hob-jobbed

they have hob-jobbed

Present perfect continuous

I have been hob-jobbing

you have been hob-jobbing

he/she/it has been hob-jobbing

we have been hob-jobbing

you have been hob-jobbing

they have been hob-jobbing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I hob-jobbed

you hob-jobbed

he/she/it hob-jobbed

we hob-jobbed

you hob-jobbed

they hob-jobbed

Past continuous

I was hob-jobbing

you were hob-jobbing

he/she/it was hob-jobbing

we were hob-jobbing

you were hob-jobbing

they were hob-jobbing

Past perfect

I had hob-jobbed

you had hob-jobbed

he/she/it had hob-jobbed

we had hob-jobbed

you had hob-jobbed

they had hob-jobbed

Past perfect continuous

I had been hob-jobbing

you had been hob-jobbing

he/she/it had been hob-jobbing

we had been hob-jobbing

you had been hob-jobbing

they had been hob-jobbing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hob-job

you will hob-job

he/she/it will hob-job

we will hob-job

you will hob-job

they will hob-job

Future continuous

I will be hob-jobbing

you will be hob-jobbing

he/she/it will be hob-jobbing

we will be hob-jobbing

you will be hob-jobbing

they will be hob-jobbing

Future perfect

I will have hob-jobbed

you will have hob-jobbed

he/she/it will have hob-jobbed

we will have hob-jobbed

you will have hob-jobbed

they will have hob-jobbed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been hob-jobbing

you will have been hob-jobbing

he/she/it will have been hob-jobbing

we will have been hob-jobbing

you will have been hob-jobbing

they will have been hob-jobbing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hob-job

you would hob-job

he/she/it would hob-job

we would hob-job

you would hob-job

they would hob-job

Conditional continuous

I would be hob-jobbing

you would be hob-jobbing

he/she/it would be hob-jobbing

we would be hob-jobbing

you would be hob-jobbing

they would be hob-jobbing

Conditional perfect

I would have hob-job

you would have hob-job

he/she/it would have hob-job

we would have hob-job

you would have hob-job

they would have hob-job

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been hob-jobbing

you would have been hob-jobbing

he/she/it would have been hob-jobbing

we would have been hob-jobbing

you would have been hob-jobbing

they would have been hob-jobbing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hob-job
we let´s hob-job
you hob-job

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hob-job

Past participle

hob-jobbed

Present Participle

hob-jobbing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF HOB-JOB

Find out the translation of hob-job to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hob-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 «hob-job» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 滚刀在职
• Translator English - Spanish: encimera - trabajo
• English: hob-job
• Translator English - Hindi: हॉब नौकरी
• Translator English - Arabic: الفرن أثناء العمل
• Translator English - Russian: плита - работа
• Translator English - Portuguese: placa -job
• Translator English - Bengali: গ্রামবাসী-পেশা
• Translator English - French: plaque de cuisson à l´emploi
• Translator English - Malay: Hob-job
• Translator English - German: Kochfeld - Job
• Translator English - Japanese: ホブジョブ
• Translator English - Korean: 호브 - 직업
• Translator English - Javanese: Hob-job
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tiện công việc
• Translator English - Tamil: குறும்பு தேவதை-வேலை
• Translator English - Marathi: नोकरीची नोकरी
• Translator English - Turkish: ocak-iş
• Translator English - Italian: piano cottura - lavoro
• Translator English - Polish: płyta - praca
• Translator English - Ukrainian: плита - робота
• Translator English - Romanian: Plita de locuri de muncă
• Translator English - Greek: εστία - δουλειά
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hob - pos
• Translator English - Swedish: häll - jobb
• Translator English - Norwegian: komfyr - jobb

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOB-JOB»

Discover the use of hob-job in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hob-job and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Chambers Dictionary

[After Sir Frederick //o*rfa>'(l869-1939)] hobgoblin. See hob2. hobjob hob'job, ( dialect) n an odd job. — vi to do odd jobs. — n hob jobber ^- n hob jobbing hobnail. See hob1. hobnob hob'nob, adv at random; hit-or-miss; with alternate or mutual ...

Allied Chambers, 1998

Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases

The great barn owl. Strix flammea. (Linn.) HOB'S-HOG. When a person conjectures wrongly, he is commonly compared to Hob's hog, which, it is said, when the butcher went into the sty to kill him, fancied his breakfast was coming. HOB- JOB.

Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854

The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang

The hab, nab form was influenced by Hob, a familiar by-form of Robert. Hob Collingwood . The supposedly unlucky four of hearts: C.18–19 Northern coll. hob -job . An unskilled or clumsy job; an oddjob: s. The Routledge dictionary of historical ...

Eric Partridge, 2003

The Majesty of Your Loving: A Couple's Journey Through ...

It was Hob's job to help Leroy with the simple, daily activities of his life. One hot August morning, their household job was to clean out the refrigerator. As Hob told the story, he was crouched on the floor beside Leroy's wheelchair. He handed ...

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, 2008

The English dialect dictionary

A clumsy, awkward job. th.1 A servant dropping a cup and saucer, without breaking them, exclaimed, ' That was a lucky hob-job ! ' 2. adv. Offihand, without deliberation. Shr.I 'E did 'ob-job at a \'cntur. HOBKNOLLING, vb]. sb. Obs. n.Cy. ( HALL) ...

Joseph Wright

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

The supposedly unlucky four of hearts: C.18-19 Northern coll. hob-job. An unskilled or clumsy job; an odd job: 5. and dial.: from ca. 1855. hob-jobber. A man or boy alert for small jobs on the street: (low) coll.: mostly London: from ca. 1850; ob.

Eric Partridge, 2006

Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

Did Bob get a bobcat? Did a bad man rob Dad? Yes, a bad man did rob him and run. But Dad ran. Dad got him. cob fob gob hob cab fib gab hub job lob rob sob jab lab rib sub cob gob hob job lob rob sob cot got hot jot lot rot sot hop mop pop  ...

Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart, 1961

Joy of Reading: One Family's Fun-Filled Guide to Reading Success

My Connecticut friend, Karen, and her family are luckier. They have a benevolent household spirit living with them: Hob, the funny little character from William Mayne's "Hob Stories." Hob's job is to keep trouble away from the family home, and ...

Debbie Duncan, 1997

Holy Bible

4 143. 8, 10. * Pwu. 103. IT. & It*. 1 . & 107- 1. Jcr.33.11. I Hob. /Job 13. 2C & 20. 1 1. 2. «. * Pi. 31. 3. * See Rom B» 84. f Hob. of the Loud ' and who shall stand in his holy place? 3 t [ k that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted  ...

‎1828

Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

... 183 Hobbledehoy, 71-72, 74, 102 Hobby, 102, 116 Hobby horse, 116, 117 Hobgoblin, 71-72, 188 Hobidy-booby, 71 Hob-job, 60 Hobnob, 56, 61 Hoddy- mandoddy, 56 Hodge, 102 Hodge-podge, 61 Hog, 41, 118, 153, 234 Hoist, 279- 280n.

Anatoly Liberman, 2009