jo b de|scrip|tion (job descriptions ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A job description is a written account of all the duties and responsibilities involved in a particular job or position.
job|less /dʒɒ bləs/ ADJ Someone who is jobless does not have a job, although they would like one. ● N‑PLURAL The jobless are people who are jobless. □ They joined the ranks of the jobless. ● job|less|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ Concern over the rising level of joblessness was a feature of yesterday's debate.
jo b lo t (job lots ) N‑COUNT A job lot is a number of cheap things of low quality which are sold together, for example in auctions or second-hand shops.
jo b sa t|is|fa c|tion N‑UNCOUNT Job satisfaction is the pleasure that you get from doing your job. □ I doubt I'll ever get rich, but I get job satisfaction.
jo b seek|er (job seekers ) N‑COUNT A job seeker is an unemployed person who is trying to get a job.
jo b share (job shares , job sharing , job shared ) VERB If two people job share , they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons. □ [V ] They both want to job share. ● N‑COUNT Job share is also a noun. □ She works in a bank job share. ● job shar|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ Part-time work and job sharing will become commonplace.
jobs|worth /dʒɒ bzwɜː r θ/ (jobsworths ) N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a jobsworth , you are criticizing them for using the rules connected to their job as an excuse not to be helpful. [BRIT , DISAPPROVAL ] □ A surly jobsworth alerted security.
jock /dʒɒ k/ (jocks ) N‑COUNT A jock is a young man who is enthusiastic about a particular sport and spends a lot of time playing it. [INFORMAL ] □ …an all-American football jock.
jock|ey /dʒɒ ki/ (jockeys , jockeying , jockeyed )
1 N‑COUNT A jockey is someone who rides a horse in a race.
2 VERB If you say that someone is jockeying for something, you mean that they are using whatever methods they can in order to get it or do it before their competitors can get it or do it. □ [V + for ] The rival political parties are already jockeying for power. □ [V to-inf] Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side. ● PHRASE If someone is jockeying for position , they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
jo ck|ey shorts N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants. [TRADEMARK ]
jock|strap /dʒɒ kstræp/ (jockstraps ) N‑COUNT A jockstrap is a piece of underwear worn by sportsmen to support their genitals.
jocu|lar /dʒɒ kjʊlə r / ADJ If you say that someone has a jocular manner, you mean that they are cheerful and often make jokes or try to make people laugh. [FORMAL ] □ He was in a less jocular mood than usual.
jodh|purs /dʒɒ dpə r z/ The form jodhpur is used as a modifier. N‑PLURAL [oft a pair of N ] Jodhpurs are trousers that people wear when they ride a horse. Jodhpurs are usually loose above the knee and tight below the knee.
jog /dʒɒ g/ (jogs , jogging , jogged )
1 VERB If you jog , you run slowly, often as a form of exercise. □ [V ] I got up early the next morning to jog. ● N‑COUNT Jog is also a noun. □ He went for another early morning jog. ● jog|ging N‑UNCOUNT □ It isn't the walking and jogging that got his weight down.
2 VERB If you jog something, you push or bump it slightly so that it moves. □ [V n] Avoid jogging the camera.
3 PHRASE If something or someone jogs your memory , they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten. □ Police have planned a reconstruction of the crime in the hope this will jog the memory of passers-by.
jog|ger /dʒɒ gə r / (joggers ) N‑COUNT A jogger is a person who jogs as a form of exercise.
joie de vi|vre /ʒwɑː də viː vrə/ N‑UNCOUNT Joie de vivre is a feeling of happiness and enjoyment of life. [LITERARY ] □ He has plenty of joie de vivre.
join ◆◆◆ /dʒɔ I n/ (joins , joining , joined )
1 VERB If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place, for example so that both of them can do something together. □ [V n] His wife and children moved to join him in their new home.
2 VERB If you join an organization, you become a member of it or start work as an employee of it. □ [V n] He joined the Army five years ago.
3 VERB If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it or become involved with it. □ [V n] Telephone operators joined the strike. □ [V n + in ] The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer. □ [V + in ] Private contractors joined in condemning the Government's stance.
4 VERB If you join a queue, you stand at the end of it so that you are part of it. □ [V n] Make sure you join the queue inside the bank.
5 VERB To join two things means to fix or fasten them together. □ [V n] The opened link is used to join the two ends of the chain. □ [V n prep/adv] …the conjunctiva, the skin which joins the eye to the lid.
6 VERB If something such as a line or path joins two things, it connects them. □ [V n] It has a dormer roof joining both gable ends. □ [V -ing] …a global highway of cables joining all the continents together.