Значение

значений: 4
  1. (непереходный)To drink together.

  2. (пренебрежительное, непереходный, часто)To associate with in a friendly manner, often with those of a higher class or status; to fraternize.

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

    His favorite spot in the club was the bar, where he could hobnob with the big-wigs.

  3. (непереходный, устаревшее, редкое)To have or have not; to give or take.

  4. (непереходный, устаревшее)To toast one another by touching glasses.

Ещё определения
  • rub elbows with

Примеры

предложений: 1
  1. He enjoyed hobnobbing with diplomats and celebrities.

    deEr genoss es, mit Diplomaten und Prominenten auf Du und Du zu sein. — Dejo

Происхождение

From hob and nob, hob or nob (“a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly meaning ‘give

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

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Формы

hobnobs, hobnobbing, hobnobbed, hobnobbed
Базовая формаhobnob · to hobnob
3-е лицо ед. числаhobnobs
Причастие настоящего времениhobnobbing
Прошедшее времяhobnobbed
Причастие прошедшего времениhobnobbed

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Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theyhobnob
he, she, ithobnobs

Past simpleУрок

все лицаhobnobbed

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave hobnobbed
he, she, ithas hobnobbed

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill hobnob

Синонимы

синонимов: 3

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 5
Связанныеsnob

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