Browsing page 25 of words meaning work (related to) (315 words total)

• the busy, hectic modern urban lifestyle.

  I'm tired of the rat race. I'm quitting my job and moving to a cabin in the woods.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.

  Last edited on Apr 06 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

verb

• at a place of employment, to do little work while waiting for one's stock options to vest.

  My plan for the next year is to rest and vest, and then take some time off.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a lazy person.
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  Last edited on Oct 16 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

adjective

• easy or unchallenging.

  Their high school courses are rinky-dink.

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  Last edited on May 19 1998. Submitted by Alida Johnson from Tennessee, USA on May 19 1998.

• of poor quality; CHEAP.

  Hondas, when they were first manufactured, were pretty rinky-dink cars.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.

• small.

  I couldn't stand being in that rinky-dink town any longer.

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  Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.

• clumsy and amateurish in operation, in reference to a small-scale business or organization with limited resources.

  There is a rinky-dink one-plane airstrip near our house.

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  Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.

noun

• an alcoholic beverage consumed "on the road" (i.e. in a vehicle.)

                                                             
  
  Citation from "Skorpio", Archer (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 6 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Jsnyder from Harrisburg, PA, USA on May 10 2005.

• road head.
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  Last edited on Apr 01 2010. Submitted by Sunnysloop from Portland, OR, USA on Mar 30 2010.

• a member of the crew in a traveling stage production.
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  Last edited on Apr 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 11 2011.

noun

• a (nonexistent) profession that requires the utmost intelligence.

  That's great that you're pursuing a degree in civil engineering, but it's not exactly rocket surgery!

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  Last edited on Feb 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.

origin

• From the humorous combination of "rocket science" and "brain surgery".

  Last edited on Feb 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 24 2010.