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Definition of nine to five
nine to five
adjective
- of a job, requiring one's presence only from 9am to 5pm. Used in contrast to a more demanding job, for example being the CEO of a large corporation or owning a business.
Citation from "Question: Is it a good time to start a business?", Jewish Journal, Noah Alper, October 26 2009 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 25 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 28 2009.
noun
- a job.
I had to get a nine to five to make some extra money.
I had to drop out of school and get a 9 to 5.
- See more words with the same meaning: a job.
Last edited on Jan 25 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
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| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to work hard and get some money. | |
| Definitions include: "private investigator." | |
| Definitions include: a hustle on the side. | |
| Definitions include: any object. | |
| Definitions include: profession. | |
| Definitions include: to dance. | |
| Definitions include: the pursuit of money. | |
| Definitions include: private investigator. | |
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| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: leaving. | |
| Definitions include: in jail | |
| Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink. | |
| Definitions include: See five by five. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to leave or exit quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to reserve something for the next five minutes, while one is absent. | |
| Definitions include: a punch. | |
| Definitions include: leaving. | |
| Definitions include: fine, good, okay. | |
| Definitions include: a fancy word. | |
| Definitions include: stolen, lifted, heisted, boosted, shoplifted. | |
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| Definitions include: to receive and perform oral sex at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: a 9 millimeter pistol. | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
| Definitions include: very well dressed. | |
| Definitions include: a system that is available 99.999% of the time. | |
| Definitions include: a nine millimeter pistol. | |
| Definitions include: A sentence or phrase that makes no sense and/or is completely off the subject. | |
| Definitions include: not seeing the whole picture. | |
| Definitions include: see nine-sided and son of a bitch. | |
| Definitions include: a person with an office job. | |
| Definitions include: extremely happy. | |
| Definitions include: A police officer. | |
| Definitions include: to receive and perform oral sex at the same time. | |
| Definitions include: the entirety of something. | |
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| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: See nine to five. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: to revisit one's past. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: extreme; "all out". | |
| Definitions include: to be vastly superior. | |
| Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to be unintelligible. | |
| Definitions include: to do. | |
| Definitions include: more important things to deal with. | |
| Definitions include: to kill or destroy. | |
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