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Hobnob

RELATED WORD :

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Verb (usu participle)
 : 
hob=nob

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Hobnob has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Hobnobadv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.].
  •  Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
  •  At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)  Holinshed.  [1913 Webster]
Hobnobv. i. 
  •  To drink familiarly (with another).  [1913 Webster]
  •  To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to hobnob with the political elite.  [1913 Webster]
Hobnobn. 
     Familiar, social intercourse.  W. Black.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Hobnob, v.intr. (hobnobbed, hobnobbing)
1 (usu. foll. by with) mix socially or informally.
2 drink together.

Etymology
hob or nob = give or take, of alternate drinking; earlier hab nab, = have or not have
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