odd-job

1. 1.

   not regular or skilled

   “found only odd-job employment”

   Similarpart-time

Questions about odd-job

What does odd-job mean?

odd-job means "not regular or skilled".

How many syllables are in odd-job?

odd-job has 2 syllables and divides as odd--job under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is odd-job a common word?

odd-job is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.