job-hop

[ job-hop ]

/ ˈdʒɒbˌhɒp /

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verb (used without object), job-hopped, job-hop·ping.

to change jobs frequently.

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Origin of job-hop

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM job-hop

job-hopper, noun

Words nearby job-hop

Job Corps, job description, job enlargement, job evaluation, jobholder, job-hop, job-hunt, jobless, job lot, job market, job order

How to use job-hop in a sentence

Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
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Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
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The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The majority pick up a job when they can, but are inevitably idle and suffering two-thirds of the time.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley