[
UK
/hˈɒbnɒb/
]
[ US /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/ ]
VERB
-
rub elbows with
He hobnobs with the best of society
How To Use hobnob In A Sentence
- In one of her wittiest pieces, three gorgeously entangled clay figures hobnob. Meet the best new artists in Britain
- Just as I hate marching in the streets but do it because it must be done, I’m SOOO not a fund-raiser hobnobber…but God do I want Lieberman out on his ass! Firedoglake » STOP THE WAR – Pressure Congress
- Dana did not hobnob with politicians, financiers, or the captains of industry.
- He drove a company Jaguar, had a $10,000 stereo system in his office and jetted around the region to hobnob with recording stars and entertainment executives.
- Over on the Upper West Side, Rachel Nuttall is "hunkered down with PG Tips and hobnobs" with "clouds ominously circling The Time Warner towers". Hurricane Irene heads for New York – live updates
- Morris men, lords and ladies and even Hobnob the hobby horse were to be found mingling among the stalls.
- Order a thimble of strong, raki-spiked elliniki coffee and hobnob with black-shirted shepherds listening to Cretan music on Radio Kriti FM at the kafeneion in the central square, then pay a call at the corner house, cluttered with memorabilia, where sweet-voiced Nikos Xylouris grew up. Insiders' guide to Greece
- After a period of voluntary unemployment he finds work at Aldermaston, hobnobbing with geniuses who could blow up the world if they felt so inclined.
- Often their best chance of talking to the grandees hobnobbing yards away is to call head offices back home. Times, Sunday Times
- This gave Bill an opportunity to hobnob with the company'spresident, board chairman, and leading executives.