English Explanatory Dictionary

hob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  2. The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
  3. The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.
  4. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
  5. A male ferret.
  6. The hub of a wheel.
verb
  1. To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  2. To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
noun
  1. A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
  2. A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given names Robert or Robin.
  2. A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

hŏb /hɑb/ /hɒb/ EN-AU ck1 hob.ogg

Word forms

hob hobs hobbing hobbed

Etymology

Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.

Synonyms

cooktop stovetop range hob-ferret goblin bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk lob promdi provincial rube rustic woolly back yokel

Related words

Hobb Robb Rob Bob

Derived words

hobless hot as the hobs of Hell hobbish hobbit hobgoblin hoblob hobnail play hob with raise hob hob
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