Hobnob

Quick meaning: Hobnob is a noun meaning A drinking together.

Meaning

A drinking together.

More Meanings

1. An informal chat.
2. (intransitive) To drink together.
3. (intransitive, often derogatory) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.
4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To have or have not; to give or take.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses.
6. On friendly terms; in friendly association.
7. (obsolete) A toast made while touching glasses together.

Example Sentences

The three friends had a hobnob outside the bar.

The ambitious young student hobnobbed with the faculty at the prestigious college he hoped to attend.

A prologue of cherry bounce,—brandy,—preceded the entertainment, which was enlivened by hob-nobs and joyous toasts.

With a hob-nob, and a merry go-round, / We'll pull in ere reason fail; / For the stoutest man in the kingdom found, / Must knock under to humming ale.

Word Forms

• hobnobs
• hobnobbing
• hobnobbed
• hob-nob

Synonyms for hobnob

Depending on context, synonyms include fraternize.

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