Dictionary: JOB – JO-CUND'I-TY, or JOC'UND-NESS

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JOB, v.t.

  1. To strike or stab with a sharp instrument. L'Estrange.
  2. To drive in a sharp pointed instrument. Moxon.

JOB'BER, n.

  1. One who does small jobs,
  2. A dealer in the public stocks or funds; usually called a stock-jobber. Swift.
  3. One who engages in a low, lucrative affair.
  4. A merchant who purchases goods from importers and sells to retailers.

JOB'BER-NOWL, n. [said to be from Flemish jobbe, dull, and Sax. knol, head or top.]

A loggerhead; a blockhead. [A low word.] Hudibras.

JOB'BING, n.

The practice of taking jobs for profit.

JOB'BING, ppr.

Stabbing with a pointed instrument.

JOB'S-TEARS, n.

A plant of the genus Coix.

JO'CANT-RY, n. [L. jocans.]

The act or practice of jesting. [Not in good use.] More.

JOCK'EY, n. [said to be from Jackey, a diminution of Jack, John; primarily, a boy that rides horses.]

  1. A man that rides horses in a race. Addison.
  2. A dealer in horses; one who makes it his business to buy and sell horses for gain. Hence,
  3. A cheat; one who deceives or takes undue advantage in trade.

JOCK'EY, v.t.

  1. To cheat; to trick; to deceive in trade.
  2. To jostle by riding against one. Johnson.

JOCK'EY-ED, pp.

Cheated; tricked in trade.

JOCK'EY-ING, ppr.

Cheating; deceiving in trade.

JOCK'EY-ISM, n.

Practice of jockeys.

JOCK'EY-SHIP, n.

The art or practice of riding horses.

JO-COSE, a. [L. jocosus, from jocus, a joke.]

  1. Given to jokes and jesting; merry; waggish; used of persons.
  2. Containing a joke; sportive; merry; as, jocose or comical airs. Watts.

JO-COSE-LY, adv.

In jest; for sport or game; waggishly. Broome.

JO-COSE-NESS, n.

The quality of being jocose; waggery; merriment. [Jocosity is not used.]

JO-CO-SE'RI-OUS, a.

Partaking of mirth and seriousness. Green.

JOC'U-LAR, a. [L. jocularis, from jocus, a joke.]

  1. Jocose; waggish; merry; given to jesting; used of persons.
  2. Containing jokes; sportive; not serious; as, a jocular expression or style.

JOC-U-LAR'I-TY, n.

Merriment; jesting. Brown.

JOC'U-LAR-LY, adv.

In jest; for sport or mirth. Bp. Lavington.

JOC'U-LAR-Y, a.

Jocular. [Not in use.] Ash. Bacon.

JOC'U-LA-TOR, a. [L.]

A jester; a droll; a minstrel. Strutt.

JOC'U-LA-TO-RY, a.

Droll; merrily said.

JOC'UND, a. [L. jocundus, from jocus, a joke.]

Merry; gay; airy; lively; sportive. Rural sports and jocund strains. Prior.

JO-CUND'I-TY, or JOC'UND-NESS, n.

State of being merry; gayety.