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PRONUNCIATION OF HOBNOBBY

hobnobby  [ˈhɒbnɒbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOBNOBBY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hobnobby is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOBNOBBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hobnobby in the English dictionary

The definition of hobnobby in the dictionary is tending to hobnob or characterized by hobnobbing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOBNOBBY


blobby
ˈblɒbɪ
bobby
ˈbɒbɪ
cobby
ˈkɒbɪ
dobby
ˈdɒbɪ
globby
ˈɡlɒbɪ
gobby
ˈɡɒbɪ
hobby
ˈhɒbɪ
jobbie
ˈdʒɒbɪ
knobby
ˈnɒbɪ
lobby
ˈlɒbɪ
mobby
ˈmɒbɪ
nobby
ˈnɒbɪ
slobby
ˈslɒbɪ
snobby
ˈsnɒbɪ
squabby
ˈskwɒbɪ
swabby
ˈswɒbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOBNOBBY

hobbyless
hobday
hobdayed
hobgoblin
hobgoblinism
hobgoblinry
hoblike
hobnail
hobnail boot
hobnailed
hobnailed boot
hobnob
hobnobbed
hobnobber
hobnobbing
hobo
hobodom
hoboism
Hoboken
hobson-jobson

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOBNOBBY

chubby
cubby
debby
division lobby
environmental lobby
flabby
gabby
grubby
gun lobby
hubby
Libby
peace lobby
rubby
scabby
shabby
stubby
tabby
tubby
webby
yabby

Synonyms and antonyms of hobnobby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hobnobby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOBNOBBY

Find out the translation of hobnobby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hobnobby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hobnobby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hobnobby
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hobnobby
570 millions of speakers

English

hobnobby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hobnobby
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hobnobby
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hobnobby
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hobnobby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hobnobby
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hobnobby
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hobnobby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hobnobby
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hobnobby
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hobnobby
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hobnobby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hobnobby
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hobnobby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉब्नबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hobnobby
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hobnobby
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hobnobby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hobnobby
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hobnobby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hobnobby
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hobnobby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hobnobby
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hobnobby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hobnobby

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOBNOBBY»

The term «hobnobby» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.991 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hobnobby

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOBNOBBY»

Discover the use of hobnobby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hobnobby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hart's Harbor
Even when he and Melody had purchased a house in the old, rich hobnobby part of the city, the generous architecture had been built close together—feet separating each dwelling instead of the free-roaming acres he experienced as he drove ...
Deb Kastner, 2011
2
The Tycoon and the Texan
It's Saturday afternoon, and it's not enough notice for most of those hobnobby old goats to—” “It doesn'tmatter, McCall, because Madeline called.” “I guessshe's still ina snit?” “You might saythat. She gave me a directive .. . more of an ultimatum.
Phyliss Miranda, 2013
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English Language Word Builder
... HOBNOBBY HYPONYMY+ JIPIJAPA KAMIKAZE KAZACHKI KENSPECK KILTLIKE KIRKYARD KNOBLIKE KOLINSKI KROMESKY+ LIKEWALK MAMMIFER BACCHIAC BLEBBING BOZZETTI BURDIZZO CALCITIC COCKCROW CYCLICAL ...
Bob Jackman, 2012
4
The Fortnightly Review
It is, to use an expressive colloquialism, hobnobby- ing. Now in France hobnobbying amongst different families is unknown. Nor does there exist in France or in any other continental country anything approaching to the unchallenged ease with ...
‎1885
5
The Mask
At present you are going straight into the place kept by Granville Barker, whatever that is. We think it is a lodging house or a nice Hotel or something hobnobby. We have read your book.... very □early every line ... and we think you deserve to ...
Edward Gordon Craig, Lorelei Guidry, 1967
6
Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
ЯГТРГО ÎT; 4¡TT TT ^tft; ЯТО чГ<;<| чм чг^ цт; v.í. ûrrfëra îr чгог; »tarara т^тт; нга чГ<{'<| что чгчттт; л. (obs.) ччсЪП; ai//, hobnobby sftfëra м ч%% wrar; ^rate чгга цщт; *тт«т iterr чга чггатгат hobo л. (U.S.) зз?^ т^|т; зпзтттто; (р/. hoboes); v./.
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
7
Canada
“Bees are like the people out here in Montana, if you ask me,” our father said, angling to turn onto the bridge. “They're all one way. Worker bees. Spiritless. A bunch of hobnobby Swedes and Norskies and Germans who managed not to get  ...
Richard Ford, 2012
8
The New York Quarterly: NYQ.
Often roughnecks have softened my travel: instant blood brothers, hobnobby oddballs, cronies from the tavern, buddies in the bathhouse. Such a memorable bunch of congenial bipeds. Sometimes I fancy the perfume of beatitude arises ...
‎1989
9
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark ...
WA. FILED 6- 28-2004. WILBUR HOBNOBBY EYE TO EYE THE MARK CONSISTS OF STANDARD CHARACTERS WITHOUT CLAIM TO ANY PARTICULAR FONT, STYLE, SIZE, OR COLOR. FOR BOARD GAME. CONSISTING OF A BOARD.
‎2005
10
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Often roughnecks have softened my travel: instant blood brothers, hobnobby oddballs, cronies from the tavern, buddies in the bathhouse. Such a memorable bunch of congenial bipeds. Sometimes I fancy the perfume of beatitude arises from ...
James Broughton, 1990

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOBNOBBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hobnobby is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York Jazz Clubs Double as Record Labels
For the rest of this year, as part of the Loston Harris Trio, he'll appear Thursday through Saturday nights at Bemelmans Bar, the hobnobby ... «New York Times, Nov 14»

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