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noun
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.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5.
Machinery. to cut with a hob.
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Hobbing
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Related forms
hob·ber, noun
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Word Origin & History
Hob
"clown, prankster," short for hobgoblin (q.v.). Hence, to play the hob "make mischief" (1838).
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