hobnob
Meaning of hobnob
verb
- mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.
he was hobnobbing with the great and good
early 19th century (in the sense ‘drink together’): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning ‘give and take’, used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab ‘have or not have’.
Information about hobnob
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of hobnob is: hobnobs.
- Languages in which hobnob is used:
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Hyphenation of hobnob
hob-nob
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- hobnob is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hobnob synonyms
Meaning be involved with:
Meaning (of a person) associate with others socially:
Meaning associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to:
Meaning partcipate in social activities; mix socially with others:
Meaning move among and engage with others at a social function:
Meaning habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others:
Words that rhyme with hobnob
No rhymes for hobnob found