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- [hob]
- /hɒb/
- /hɒb/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hob]
- /hɒb/
Definitions of hob word
- noun hob a hobgoblin or elf. 1
- idioms hob play hob with, to do mischief or harm to: The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all. 1
- idioms hob raise hob, to cause a destructive commotion; behave disruptively: They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up. 1
- noun hob A flat metal shelf at the side or back of a fireplace, having its surface level with the top of the grate and used especially for heating pans. 1
- countable noun hob A hob is a surface on top of a cooker or set into a work surface, which can be heated in order to cook things on it. 0
- noun hob the flat top part of a cooking stove, or a separate flat surface, containing hotplates or burners 0
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Origin of hob
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
1505-15; variant of obsolete hub hob (in a fireplace); perhaps identical with hub
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hob
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hob popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hob usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hob
noun hob
- imp — a little devil or demon; an evil spirit.
- goblin — a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people.
- gnome — GNU Network Object Model Environment
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- gremlin — a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
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