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fraternize
English
Alternative forms
- fraternise (non-Oxford British spelling, used in many Commonwealth countries but not Canada)
Etymology
From French fraterniser.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?æt?n??z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f?æt?n??z/
Verb
fraternize (third-person singular simple present fraternizes, present participle fraternizing, simple past and past participle fraternized)
- (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
- (intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
- (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden member of the opposite sex; as, in some cases, football players with cheerleaders.
Related terms
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
fraternize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fraternizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fraternizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fraternizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fraternizar
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hobnob
English
Etymology
From hob and nob, hob or nob (“a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly meaning ‘give and take’; to take turns toasting or buying rounds of drinks”) (archaic), from dialectal hab nab (“to have or have not, in the sense of an invitation to have a drink”), from Old English habban (“to have, possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to grab, seize”)) + nabban (“to not have”) (from ne (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”)) + habban).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?bn?b/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h?b?n?b/
- Hyphenation: hob?nob
Noun
hobnob (plural hobnobs)
- (obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.
- A drinking together.
- An informal chat.
Translations
Verb
hobnob (third-person singular simple present hobnobs, present participle hobnobbing, simple past and past participle hobnobbed)
- (intransitive) To drink together.
- (intransitive, often derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status.
- (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To have or have not; to give or take.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses. [from early 19th c.]
Alternative forms
- hob-and-nob (archaic)
- hob-nob
Synonyms
- fraternize
- rub elbows with, rub shoulders with
Derived terms
- hobnobber
- hobnobbing (noun)
- hobnobby
Translations
Adjective
hobnob (not comparable)
- On friendly terms; in friendly association.
Adverb
hobnob (not comparable)
- (obsolete) At random; at a venture; hit and miss.
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