hobnob
verb (used without object)
to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed bywith ).
has been hobnobbing
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present perfect progressiveof hobnob (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Would the Times have preferred this vivacious young woman to marry one of the witless wonders with whom she has been hobnobbing these past few years?
From Time Magazine Archive
Miller, our circulator, is very much disturbed because our country circulation has dropped about 1,000 in less than a fortnight; he has been hobnobbing with Ballantyne about it to-day.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
