hobnob
verb (used without object)
to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed bywith ).
are hobnobbing
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present progressiveof hobnob.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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PETHERTON,—It must, I am sure, be most alarming to you to find that servants of ours are hobnobbing and perhaps discussing our affairs.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 17, 1917 by Various
He’s far worse than usual, and now he and the missis are hobnobbing together in the library.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Bertram Mitford
