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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hob2 /hɑb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a hobgoblin or elf.
Idioms- Idioms play hob with, [~ + object] to do harm to:That plays hob with our plans.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hob1 (hob),USA pronunciation n., v., hobbed, hob•bing. n. - a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
- Gamesa rounded peg or pin used as a target in quoits and similar games.
- Gamesa game in which such a peg is used.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc., having helically arranged teeth and fed across the work as the work is rotated.
v.t., v.i. - Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]to cut with a hob.
- 1505–15; variant of obsolete hub hob (in a fireplace); perh. identical with hub
- a hobgoblin or elf.
- Idioms play hob with, to do mischief or harm to:The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all.
- Idioms raise hob, to cause a destructive commotion;
behave disruptively:They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up.
- Middle English, special use of Hob, for Robert or Robin 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hob /hɒb/ n - Brit the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners
- a shelf beside an open fire, for keeping kettles, etc, hot
- a steel pattern used in forming a mould or die in cold metal
Etymology: 16th Century: variant of obsolete hubbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to hub hob /hɒb/ n - a hobgoblin or elf
- a male ferret
- raise hob, play hob ⇒ US informal to cause mischief or disturbance
Etymology: 14th Century: variant of Rob, short for Robin or Robert |