[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hobnob \hob"nob`\, v. i. imp.  p. p. hornobbed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. hornobbing.
   1. to drink familiarly with another.  written also
      hob-a-nob.
      1913 webster

   2. to associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to
      hobnob with the political elite.
      1913 webster
see also:
hornobbed hornobbing hob-a-nob 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hobnob \hob"nob`\, n.
   familiar, social intercourse. --w. black.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hobnob \hob"nob`\, adv. as. habban to have + habban to have
   not; ne not + habban to have. see have, and cf. habnab.
   1. have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal
      drinking. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. at random; hit or miss. obs. --holinshed.
      1913 webster
see also:
have habnab 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hobnob
     v : rub elbows with; "he hobnobs with the best of society"
     also: hobnobbing, hobnobbed
see also:
hobnobbing hobnobbed 

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