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name
A diminutive of the male given names Robert or Robin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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name
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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noun
A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.
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noun
The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
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Synonyms: cooktop, stovetop, range
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noun
A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.
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noun
A male ferret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: hob-ferret
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noun
The hub of a wheel.
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noun
A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A countryman; a rustic or yokel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel
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verb
To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shelf
noun
a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: edge tool
noun
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: elf, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
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Broader terms: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite
Narrower terms: leprechaun, sandman
noun
(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: goblin, hobgoblin
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Broader terms: evil spirit
verb
cut with a hob
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Broader terms: cut
History
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robin, and separately as a French diminutive of Robert.
Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.
From Middle English Hob (a diminutive of Robin, an Old French [Term?] diminutive of Robert), through its connection with Robin Goodfellow and (later) the devil. Compare hobgoblin; see robin.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
