hobnobbing

Meaning of hobnobbing

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. 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 hobnobbing

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of hobnobbing is: hobnobbings.
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Hyphenation of hobnobbing

hob-nob-bing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • hobnobbing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

hobnobbing synonyms

Meaning be involved with:

associate

Meaning (of a person) associate with others socially:

mix

Meaning associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to:

fraternize

Meaning partcipate in social activities; mix socially with others:

socialize

Meaning move among and engage with others at a social function:

mingle

Meaning habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others:

consort

Words that rhyme with hobnobbing

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