hobnob
concept
8 mentions
1 recordings
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 12 Sep
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Verb meaning to socialize, especially with important people
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Peak in the day, 12 Sep — 8 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentPeter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · hobnob · 1:42 · 12 Sep
…Today, hobnob is used especially in situations where someone is chatting up someone famous or important, as in hobnobbing with celebs or…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · hobnob · 1:29 · 12 Sep
…Later hobnob as well as hob or knob, hobnob, etc, was verbified to mean to drink socially and then dropping the booze to spend time with someone in a friendly way.…
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · hobnob · 1:15 · 12 Sep
…After Shakespeare's day, hobnob and hob or knob were used adverbially, to mean randomly, and to drink hobnob or hob or knob was to take turns with one's drinking buddies, toasting each other's health.…
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