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hobnob

Hobnob (noun) means a toast made while touching glasses together.

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

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What is the meaning of hobnob?

"hobnob" (noun) means a toast made while touching glasses together.

What are the different meanings of hobnob?

"hobnob" has 3 main meanings: 1. A toast made while touching glasses together; 2. A drinking together; 3. An informal chat.

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