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Word Meanings - HOBNOB - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak. 2. At random; hit or miss. Holinshed.

Related words: (words related to HOBNOB)

  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • DRINKABLE
    Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele.
  • DRINK
    p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, 1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching
  • DRINKER
    One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. Drinker moth , a large British moth .
  • RECIPROCALLY
    In the manner of reciprocals. Reciprocally proportional (Arith. & Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other. (more info) 1. In a reciprocal manner; so that
  • RANDOMLY
    In a random manner.
  • DRINKABLENESS
    State of being drinkable.
  • RECIPROCAL
    Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action. (more info) 1. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. 2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due
  • RECIPROCALNESS
    The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
  • FAMILIARITY
    1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. 2. Anything said or done by one person to another
  • FAMILIARIZATION
    The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.
  • DRINKING
    1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing. 2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors. 3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal. Note: Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking
  • FAMILIARIZE
    1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress. 2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self
  • FAMILIAR
    1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." Byron. 2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures. 3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the
  • RANDOM
    The direction of a rake-vein. Raymond. (more info) a randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of German origin; cf. G. rand edge, border, OHG. rant shield, edge of a shield, 1. Force; violence. For courageously the two kings newly
  • FAMILIARNESS
    Familiarity.
  • INVITATION
    1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend. 2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, 3. Allurement; enticement. She gives the leer
  • DRINKLESS
    Destitute of drink. Chaucer.
  • FAMILIARY
    Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. Milton.
  • RECIPROCALITY
    The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
  • OVERDRINK
    To drink to excess.
  • OUTDRINK
    To exceed in drinking.

 

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