hobnob
verb (used without object)
to associate on very friendly terms (usually followed bywith ).
were hobnobbing
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past progressiveof hobnob.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were hobnobbing with the great and near-great, but they never forgot to write to Mama.
From Time Magazine Archive
I never dreamt of his taking it, but he did; and so, behold! there we were hobnobbing over the tea-table as if we were cronies.”
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
They had the table all spread over with documents, and they were hobnobbing over them as thick as two pirates.
From Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry
I found, with some relief, that my Beïla men had made friends with the Afghans, and, surrounded by an admiring crowd, were hobnobbing over a hissing samovar.
From A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán by Harry De Windt
Hammond and Ferry Hill were hobnobbing about the boat-house stove or out on the ice in front of the landing.
From The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour
