Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hob .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hobbed.
Examples
-
In the scullery, at the end further from the main building, was a small hobbed grate.
Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming
-
The fighters wore spiral puttees and their heavy hobbed hiking shoes, which caused a metallic clash as they scraped over the asphalt.
-
The old Chinaman at his elbow was dressed for travelling in a clean but unironed shirt; and his shoes had been newly hobbed.
The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916
-
We knew that he was not a large man, because we had seen him; and we didn't believe that he was a prospector or a miner, because his soles were not hobbed -- or a cow-puncher, because he had no high heels to sink in; he may have been a rancher, out looking about.
-
The last time we dined at "Meurice's" we hobbed and nobbed with no less a person than Mr. Moses, the celebrated bailiff of
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
These hobbed worm gears, identified as the KWG ... (worm shafts) and AG ...
-
These hobbed worm gears, identified as the KWG ... (worm shafts) and AG ...
-
The profile needs to be 'true' as it's going to be wire eroded, rather than hobbed, and the profile will be needed for the CAM software.
-
The profile needs to be 'true' as it's going to be wire eroded, rather than hobbed, and the profile will be needed for the CAM software.
-
The profile needs to be 'true' as it's going to be wire eroded, rather than hobbed, and the profile will be needed for the CAM software.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.