hob

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
hobs
  1. 1.

    A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

  2. 2.

    (historical)The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

    They went into a dingy room lined with books and littered with papers, where there was a blazing fire. A kettle steamed upon the hob, and in the midst of the wreck of papers a table shone, with plenty of wine upon it, and brandy, and rum, and sugar, and lemons.

  3. 3.

    (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)The top cooking surface on a cooker. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), usually called rings.

    Đồng nghĩa: cooktop, stovetop, range

  4. 4.

    A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.

  5. 5.

    A male ferret.

    Đồng nghĩa: hob-ferret

  6. 6.

    The hub of a wheel.

    August 31 1776, George Washington, letter to the President of Congress the wheels of the carriages sinking up to the hobs rendered it impossible for our whole force to drag them.

  7. 7.

    (obsolete)A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.

  8. 8.

    (obsolete)A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

    Đồng nghĩa: 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

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
hobs
V_ing/Gerund
hobbing
V_ed/pp
hobbed
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.

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Đồng nghĩa

cooktopstovetoprangehob-ferretboggerbogtrotterboorbucolicbydloculchiecarlchurlcorncobcornhuskercountry bumpkincountry cousinclodhopperdubbojoskinhayseed

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hoblesshot as the hobs of Hell

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Nguồn gốc từ

Related to hub, but the ultimate origin of both words is obscure.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 14/8/2026

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