hobbit
/ˈhɒbɪt/
hobbit noun: a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
Noun (1)
hobbit (plural hobbits or (humorous) hobbitses)
- A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
- It was his thirty-third birthday and already he had […] a little round tummy like a hobbit2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books,, →ISBN, page 3
- Synonyms:
- halfling
- An extinct species of hominin, Homo floresiensis, with a short body and relatively small brain, fossils of which have been recovered from the Indonesian island of Flores.
- Although partial remains of other Hobbits have surfaced at the same site, they say it could have been an isolated colony of inbred people who shared the same genetic abnormalities.2007 September 20, Christopher Joyce, “Case Grows for ‘Hobbit’ as Human Ancestor”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio
- And in the island regions of southeast Asia, where the descendants of erectus, and the Hobbit, and any similar relict populations lived, climate changes would have greatly disrupted connections between regions and populations, as sea levels rose and fell by 100 metres or more.2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin, published 2012, page 215
- A socially unappealing, overly academic student.
Noun (2)
hobbit (plural hobbits)
- A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds.
- An old unit of volume (2+¹⁄₂ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).
hobbit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hobbit in Hindi
- हॉबिट
hobbit in Tamil
- ஹாபிட், ஹோபிட்
hobbit in Marathi
- fictional small humanoid creature
- हॉबिट hŏbiṭ
hobbit in Urdu
- ہوبیٹ, ہوبٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- hobbit in Bengali
- হবিট hobiṭ
- hobbit in Telugu
- హాబిట్
- hobbit in Malayalam
- ഹോബിറ്റ്, ഹോബിബിറ്റ്, ഹൊബിറ്റ്
- hobbit in Kannada
- ಹಾಬಿಟ್
- hobbit in Punjabi
- ਹੌਬਿਟ, ਹੌਬਿੱਟ, ਹੌਬੀਟ
- hobbit in Gujarati
- હોબિટ, હોબીટ, હૉબિટ
- hobbit in Odia
- ହବିଟ୍, ହବିଟ, ହାବିଟ୍
- hobbit in Nepali
- होबिट, हॉबिट
- hobbit in Arabic
- هُوبِيت hūbit
- hobbit in Thai
- ฮอบบิท hɔ́p-bìt
Examples of hobbit in a sentence
- Zombie Snow-White and zombie Bo-Peep picnicked alongside Zombie hobbits and Hogwartians.
- I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays.”
- It is a sore trial for a hobbit, that.
Synonyms of hobbit
Forms of hobbit
| plural | hobbits |
|---|---|
| plural (humorous) | hobbitses |
Origin of hobbit
Coined in its current sense by J. R. R. Tolkien in the 1930s, featured in the novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Jocularly etymologized by him as from a hypothetical Old English *holbytla (literally “hole-builder”), from hol (“hole”) + bytlan (“to build”) + -a (“-er”). Tolkien was possibly influenced by similar terms for house-sprites (probably from Hob, a hypocoristic form of Robert), or an isolated mention of hobbits (with hobgoblins following immediately afterwards) in a list of sprites and bogies from the 19th-century Denham Tracts.
Probably from hoppet, hobbet (“basket”).
Words formed from hobbit
Words that rhyme with hobbit
Questions about hobbit
- What does hobbit mean?
- Hobbit means a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
- What is hobbit in Hindi?
- Hobbit in Hindi is हॉबिट. See Hobbit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hobbit?
- Hobbit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hobbit?
- Hobbit is pronounced /ˈhɒbɪt/.
- What is the plural of hobbit?
- The plural of hobbit is hobbits.
Words near hobbit in the dictionary
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