Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hob-and-nob

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables: hob-and-nob
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Archaic form of hobnob (“drink together”).

Archaic

verb

Archaic form of hobnob (“associate in a friendly manner”).

Archaic

verb

Archaic form of hobnob (“toast by touching glasses”).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] he would have liked to hob and nob with celebrated pickpockets, or drink a pot of ale with a company of burglars and cracksmen, had chance afforded him an opportunity of making the acquaintance of this class of society."
"To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

hob-and-nobs (present, singular) hob-and-nobbing (participle, present) hob-and-nobbed (participle, past) hob-and-nobbed (past)

Questions

What does hob-and-nob mean?: Archaic form of hobnob (“drink together”).

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