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Browsing page 6 of words meaning work (related to) (315 words total)
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bust out
verb
- to retrieve specifically money.
I don't have any cash, so you're going to have to bust out for this.
Last edited on Mar 29 1999. Submitted by David C. from Yakima, WA, USA on Mar 29 1999.
- to escape.
He busted out of prison.
Citation from "Funhouse", Lie To Me (TV), Season 3 Episode 9 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: jail (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to escape.
Last edited on Jan 12 2011. Submitted by John K. from Falls Church, VA, USA on Feb 06 2002.
- to "escape" in a looser sense, i.e. to discretely exit a situation, typically at a time earlier than what would be considered to be acceptable.
Dude, you gotta bust out of work and have a beer with me.
- See more words with the same meaning: to escape.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Feb 06 2002. Submitted by John K. from Falls Church, VA, USA on Feb 06 2002.
- to accomplish a task.
I'd like to go out tonight but I have to bust out some homework.
- See more words with the same meaning: to accomplish, work hard.
Last edited on Oct 04 2002. Submitted by Jason D. from Costa Mesa, CA, USA on Oct 04 2002.
- to use. (This is a variant of the "to withdraw" meaning. This definition is "to use" as in "to withdraw from one's set of skills, knowledge, vocabulary, etc.")
I'm going to bust out my crazy kung fu skills.
Last edited on Mar 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 29 2010.
verb - transitive
- to yell at someone; "blow up".
Man, she really busted me out!
- See more words with the same meaning: to yell.
Last edited on Apr 25 2013. Submitted by Eva on Feb 15 1998.
- to withdraw an item from its present storage place; "retrieve".
Let's bust out those beers.
Citation from "Eagleton", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "New Car", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to have, take, get.
Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Alek K. from Phoenix, AZ, USA on Dec 26 1998.
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busy work
noun - uncountable
- work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: school (related to).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 24 2011.
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buy-in
noun - uncountable
- support.
We need to get buy-in from upper management.
Ensures buy in throughout the organization.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to agree, support.
Last edited on Apr 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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calendar
verb
- to examine schedules to determine a time when two or more people would be available to meet for some purpose.
We need to calendar about that.
- See more words with the same meaning: to meet with.
- See more words with the same meaning: to schedule, check the availability of.
Last edited on Mar 06 1998. Submitted by Scott Sjolin from Kansas City, MO, USA on Mar 06 1998.
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call girl
noun
- a prostitute.
- See more words with the same meaning: prostitution (related to).
Last edited on Sep 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
- a female available for companionship in exchange for payment.
Last edited on Sep 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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call up to the majors
verb - transitive
- to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
Citation from "Open up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah", Royal Pains (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 12 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on May 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2010.
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can
adjective
- garbage (shortened of garbage can).
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
noun
- bathroom.
Citation from "H.O.U.S.E. Rules", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: bathroom, restroom.
Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.
- buttocks.
Check out the can on her!
- See more words with the same meaning: buttocks, butt, ass.
Last edited on Jul 22 2002. Submitted by T. S. from St Louis, MO, USA on Jul 22 2002.
- a breast. Usually used in the plural.
Nice cans, hon.
Did you see the size of the cans on that waitress?!
Check out those cans!
His sister has nice cans.
- See more words with the same meaning: breast, breasts.
Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by John O. from Algonquin, IL, USA on Oct 07 2004.
- a headphone. Used in the plural, to refer to headphones.
Hypothesis for etymology: From "Desperates", Cockney rhyming slang from the cartoon character Desperate Dan. He was a huge, amiable but very stupid man with a large chin whose favorite food was cow pie, complete with horns and tail poking out of the piecrust.Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by Jill G. from Westminster, London, UK on Apr 09 2005.
- toilet.
He's on the can.
- See more words with the same meaning: toilets (related to).
Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
- a jail; prison; confined room; jail cell.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
- a spray paint.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
- a silencer.
Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.
verb - transitive
- to dismiss ("fire") from a job.
Your boss is gonna can you if you don't show up tomorrow.
Citation from "Death Has a Shadow", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to fire, dismiss.
Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Nina R. from Shorewood, WI, USA on May 15 2004.
- to stop speech, visible emotion, etc.
Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Iced, Iced Babies", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to stop talking.
Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.
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carny
noun
- a person who works at a carnival.
I'm a carny, sometimes I work the booths, sometimes I work the rides.
- See more words with the same meaning: professions (list of).
Last edited on Apr 14 2014. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
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case of the Mondays
noun
- general malaise felt on the first day back to work after the weekend.
Sounds like you've got a serious case of the Mondays.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Sep 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
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casting couch
noun
- a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
Person 1: How did your job interview go? Did you get to visit the "casting couch"?
Person 2: Well, he didn't have a couch. Only a bean-bag chair.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Apr 21 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on May 11 2012.
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