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HOBNOB (hobnobbed, hobnobbing)

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Irregular inflected forms: hobnobbed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, hobnobbing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hobnob mean? 

HOBNOB (verb)
  The verb HOBNOB has 1 sense:

1. rub elbows withplay

  Familiarity information: HOBNOB used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOBNOB (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rub elbows with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He hobnobs with the best of society

Hypernyms (to "hobnob" is one way to...):

socialise; socialize (take part in social activities; interact with others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP


 Context examples 


Is he the man who hobnobbed in rum and water with Black Peter in the dead of the night?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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