Meaning

1 senses

  1. To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

    Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Tom used to be a hobo.

    Том колись був бездомним. — deniko

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  2. Tom became a hobo.

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  3. The hobo lived on the island.

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  4. A hobo lived in the neighborhood.

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  5. The werewolf killed a group of hobos.

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Origin

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, c

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).

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Forms

hobos, hoboing, hoboed, hoboed
Base formhobo · to hobo
3rd person singularhobos
Present participlehoboing
Past simplehoboed
Past participlehoboed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhobo
he, she, ithobos

Past simpleLesson

all personshoboed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hobo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hobblehobbyA1hobbyisthockhockeyA2hodgepodge
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