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hob en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • hŏb (General-American)
  • /hɒb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɑb/ (General-American)
  • hŏb (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
  2. (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
    • They went into a dingy room lined with books and littered with papers, where there was a blazing fire. A kettle steamed upon the hob, and in the midst of the wreck of papers a table shone, with plenty of wine upon it, and brandy, and rum, and sugar, and lemons. 1898, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second, Chapter V (The Jackal)
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.
    • And the first sound in the house was the bang, bang of the poker against the raker, as Morel smashed the remainder of the coal to make the kettle, which was filled and left on the hob, finally boil. 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
  4. A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
  5. A male ferret.
  6. The hub of a wheel.
    • August 31 1776, George Washington, letter to the President of Congress the wheels of the carriages sinking up to the hobs rendered it impossible for our whole force to drag them.

Forms

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hobs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

gill//jill

Deriveds

hot as the hobs of Hell · hobless

Synonyms

hob-ferret · stovetop · range · cooktop

Translations (29)

mr शेगडी (cooking surface) · fi vierintäjyrsin (a cutting tool) · pl blacha (cooking surface) · fi liesi (cooking surface) · hu főzőlap (cooking surface) · nrf grais (cooking surface) · it fresa (a cutting tool) · de Kochplatte (cooking surface) · de Fräskopf (a cutting tool) · ru ва́рочная пане́ль (cooking surface) · es placa de cocción (cooking surface) · ru гвоздь (a rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits) · de Fräser (a cutting tool) · mr चूल (cooking surface) · hy եփող մակերես (cooking surface) · it furetto (a male ferret) · hu platni (cooking surface) · fr armure (a cutting tool) · mr गॅस (cooking surface) · ru хорёк (a male ferret) · bg котло́н (cooking surface) · de (cooktop) Herdplatte (cooking surface) · ru червя́чная фреза́ (a cutting tool) · es encimera de cocina (cooking surface) · de (hotplate) Kochfeld (cooking surface) · bg винторез (a cutting tool) · it piano cottura (cooking surface) · fr plan de cuisson (cooking surface) · hu hím vadászgörény (a male ferret)

Source: en.wiktionary, “hob” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

hob en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • hŏb (General-American)
  • /hɒb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɑb/ (General-American)
  • hŏb (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
  2. (intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

Forms

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hobbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hobbed Tense=Past lexicographic
hobbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hobs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “hob” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

hob en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • hŏb (General-American)
  • /hɒb/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /hɑb/ (General-American)
  • hŏb (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Hob (a diminutive of Robin, an Old French [Term?] diminutive of Robert), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare hobgoblin; see robin.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
    • From elves, hobs, and fairies, […] Defend us, good Heaven! 1610–1616, John Fletcher, “Monsieur Thomas. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene vi:
  2. (obsolete) A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
    • More fitter for the Country Hobs. 1682, Langley Curtis, New News from Bedlam:

Forms

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hobs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

hobbit · hoblob · hobgoblin · hobbish · play hob with · hobnail · raise hob

Synonyms

country bumpkin · boor · hob · bucolic · hick · clodhopper · bydlo · yokel · churl · hobnail · corncob · bogger · goblin (supernatural creature) · rube · country cousin · woolly back · hayseed · bogtrotter · dubbo · lob · hog-rubber · joskin · carl · culchie · rustic · honyock · cornhusker · hunk · promdi · provincial