hobnobs
Meaning of hobnobs
verb, 3rd person present
- 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 hobnobs
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of hobnobs is: hobnob.
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Hyphenation of hobnobs
hob-nobs
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- hobnobs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hobnobs 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 hobnobs
nobs, doorknobs, knobs, antisnobs, snobs
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