hobnob
verb (used without object)
to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed bywith ).
hobnobs
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present tense formof hobnob (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He hangs out with the suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst; hobnobs with King Edward VII; writes screenplays for Hollywood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
At the Katseye concert, Janick hobnobs with folks from Netflix and from Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap — the flywheel in action for a group that has yet to drop a debut LP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Like his father, he hobnobs with prime ministers and fellow titans of industry, but doesn’t love the limelight.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
But Paros himself is an unusual mix: an entrepreneur-turned-amateur-scientist, who now hobnobs with many of the region's leading geophysicists.
From Nature ● Jun. 20, 2017
Also, he hobnobs continually with a sprawling, brawling, bad-breathed smelter, as no respectable Titan should do.
From The River and I by John G. Neihardt
