hobnob
(verb) rub elbows with; “He hobnobs with the best of society”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hobnob (plural hobnobs)
(obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.
A drinking together.
An informal chat.
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.
(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.]
• fraternize
• rub elbows with, rub shoulders with
hobnob (not comparable)
On friendly terms; in friendly association.
hobnob (not comparable)
(obsolete) At random; at a venture; hit and miss.
Source: Wiktionary
Hob"nob`, adv. Etym: [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.]
1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.
2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed.
Hob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.]
1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
Hob"nob`, n.
Definition: Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
