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 *kap- (“to grab, seize”)) + nabban (“to not have”) (from ne (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”)) + habban). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒbnɒb/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/ 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; to fraternize. (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 rub shoulders ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== snob (a social climber element has often existed with both terms' senses) === Adjective === hobnob (not comparable) On friendly terms; in friendly association. === Adverb === hobnob (not comparable) (obsolete) At random; at a venture; hit and miss. === References ===