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[ UK /hˈɒbnɒb/ ]
[ US /ˈhɑbˌnɑb/ ]
VERB
  1. 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.
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