hobnobbing
Meaning of hobnobbing
verb, gerund or present participle
- mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.
he was hobnobbing with the great and good
early 19th century (in the sense ‘drink together’): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning ‘give and take’, used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab ‘have or not have’.
Information about hobnobbing
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of hobnobbing is: hobnobbings.
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Hyphenation of hobnobbing
hob-nob-bing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- hobnobbing is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
hobnobbing synonyms
Meaning be involved with:
Meaning (of a person) associate with others socially:
Meaning associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to:
Meaning partcipate in social activities; mix socially with others:
Meaning move among and engage with others at a social function:
Meaning habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others:
Words that rhyme with hobnobbing
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