day job

noun

: one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job

Examples of day job in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The over-all technical director, Oscar Lopez, whose day job entails managing events at Resorts World, hustled crews carefully among setups and sites. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

His daughters earned Division I college softball scholarships, and the day job loading and unloading luggage allowed Agbayani to fly his kids to the mainland more frequently for exposure. — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

But traffic picked up during the Christmas season, and the company grossed $3,200 its first year, even as David continued his day job working sixty-hour weeks as a manager at department store TG&Y. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Fold 8’s folding display steals the spotlight, but don’t overlook its day job as a phone. — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for day job

• kebab
• nawab
• blob
• bob
• cob
• daub
• fob
• glob
• gob
• hob
• knob
• lob