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hobbits

hobbits is the plural of hobbit.

Meaning of hobbit

Noun (1)

hobbit (plural hobbits or (humorous) hobbitses)

  1. 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
    1. (humorous) A person of short stature.
  2. 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
  3. (US, slang, uncommon) A socially unappealing, overly academic student.

Noun (2)

hobbit (plural hobbits)

  1. A Welsh unit of weight, equal to four Welsh pecks, or 168 pounds.
  2. (archaic) An old unit of volume (2+¹⁄₂ bushels, the volume of 168 pounds of wheat).

Questions about hobbits

What is hobbits the plural of?
Hobbits is the plural of hobbit.

Words near hobbits in the dictionary

  1. hobbitic
  2. hobbitish
  3. hobbitlike
  4. hobbitness
  5. hobbitry
  6. hobbits
  7. hobbitses
  8. hobbity
  9. hobble
  10. hobble chain
  11. hobble chains

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