hobnob

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To drink together.
2. (derogatory, intransitive, often) To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To have or have not; to give or take.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To toast one another by touching glasses.

Noun

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

Adj

On friendly terms; in friendly association.

Adv

At random; at a venture; hit and miss.

Synonyms

associate

socialize

mingle

date

📅

go out

keep company

socialise

accompany

consort with

consort

court

Translations

se lier d’amitié

codearse

συναναστρέφομαι

κουτσοπίνω με παρέα

συναναστρέφομαι με οικειότητα

κουτσοπίνω

καλικάτζαρος αριστοκράτης

κoυβεντούλα

hanter

avoir des accointances

praticare

bazzicare

avere pratica

babbelen

borrelen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒbnɒb/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: habban

In summary

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 *keh₂p- (“to grab, seize”)) + nabban (“to not have”) (from ne (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”)) + habban).