different between hobnobber vs hobnob

English

Etymology

hobnob +? -er

Noun

hobnobber (plural hobnobbers)

1. One who hobnobs.

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)

1. (obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.
2. A drinking together.
3. An informal chat.

Translations

Verb

hobnob (third-person singular simple present hobnobs, present participle hobnobbing, simple past and past participle hobnobbed)

1. (intransitive) To drink together.
2. (intransitive, often derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To have or have not; to give or take.
4. (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)

1. On friendly terms; in friendly association.

Adverb

hobnob (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) At random; at a venture; hit and miss.

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