noun
hobnob
Hobnob (noun) means (dated) A drink to someone's health, made while clinking glasses together.
noun
1
(dated) A drink to someone's health, made while clinking glasses together.
2
An occasion of drinking in each other's company.
3
A casual conversation.
"The three friends had a hobnob outside the bar."
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Etymology
Comes from hob and nob, the archaic phrase hob or nob (“a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly meaning ‘give and take’; to take turns toasting or buying rounds of drinks”), which developed from dialectal hab nab (“to have or have not, in the sense of an invitation to have a drink”). That in turn goes back to Old English habban (“to have, possess”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grab, seize”)) combined with nabban (“to not have”) (itself from ne, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”), plus habban).
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What is the meaning of hobnob?
"hobnob" (noun) means (dated) A drink to someone's health, made while clinking glasses together.
What are the different meanings of hobnob?
"hobnob" has 3 main meanings: 1. (dated) A drink to someone's health, made while clinking glasses together; 2. An occasion of drinking in each other's company; 3. A casual conversation.
