[hob] 
noun, verb, hobbed, hob⋅bing.| 1. | a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm. |
| 2. | a rounded peg or pin used as a target in quoits and similar games. |
| 3. | a game in which such a peg is used. |
| 4. | Machinery. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc., having helically arranged teeth and fed across the work as the work is rotated. |
| 5. | Machinery. to cut with a hob. |
[hob] | 1. | a hobgoblin or elf. |
| 2. | play hob with, to do mischief or harm to: The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all. |
| 3. | raise hob, to cause a destructive commotion; behave disruptively: They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up. |
| hob 1 (hŏb) n.
[Origin unknown.] |
| hob 2 (hŏb) n.
[From Middle English Hob, a nickname for Robert, a nickname for Robert.] |
