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hob-nob

hob-nob is the alternative form of hobnob.

Meaning of hobnob

Noun

hobnob (plural hobnobs)

  1. (obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.
    • With a hob-nob, and a merry go-round, / We'll pull in ere reason fail; / For the stoutest man in the kingdom found, / Must knock under to humming ale.1823, Jon Bee [pseudonym; John Badcock], “Hob-nob”, in Slang. A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton, and the Varieties of Life, Forming the Completest and Most Authentic...
  2. A drinking together.
  3. An informal chat.
    • The three friends had a hobnob outside the bar.

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Forms of hob-nob

Noun
pluralhob-nobs
Verb
third-person singular presenthob-nobs
present participlehob-nobbing
past participlehob-nobbed
pasthob-nobbed

Questions about hob-nob

What is hob-nob the alternative form of?
Hob-nob is the alternative form of hobnob.

Words near hob-nob in the dictionary

  1. hob-and-nobbing
  2. hob-and-nobs
  3. hob-ferret
  4. hob-ferrets
  5. hob-nailed
  6. hob-nob
  7. hob-nobbed
  8. hob-nobbing
  9. hob-nobs
  10. Hoback
  11. Hobacks

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