dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hob_MW.json

{
  "Hobart":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "Garret Augustus 1844\u20131899 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1897\u201399)":[],
      "city and port in Australia; capital of Tasmania population 170,975":[],
      "city in the northwestern corner of Indiana population 29,059":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u014d-\u02ccb\u00e4rt",
      "-b\u0259rt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183310",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Hobbema":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "1638\u20131709 Dutch painter":[
        "Mein*dert or Meyn*dert \\ \u02c8m\u012bn-\u200b\u02ccdert \\"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0259-m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185718",
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ]
  },
  "Hobbism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1691, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-\u02ccbi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111850",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun or adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Hobson's choice":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an apparently free choice when there is no real alternative":[],
      ": the necessity of accepting one of two or more equally objectionable alternatives":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He jokingly referred to dinner as a Hobson's choice between soup and salad or salad and soup."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Thomas Hobson \u20201631 English liveryman, who required every customer to take the horse nearest the door":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-s\u0259nz-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122700",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hob":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a cutting tool used for cutting the teeth of worm wheels or gears":[],
      ": a projection at the back or side of a fireplace on which something may be kept warm":[],
      ": cooktop":[],
      ": hobgoblin , elf":[],
      ": mischief , trouble":[
        "\u2014 used with play and raise always raising hob"
      ],
      ": to cut with a hob":[],
      ": to furnish with hobnails":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English hobbe , from Hobbe , nickname for Robert":"Noun",
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "devilishness",
      "devilment",
      "devilry",
      "deviltry",
      "diablerie",
      "espi\u00e8glerie",
      "impishness",
      "knavery",
      "mischief",
      "mischievousness",
      "rascality",
      "roguery",
      "roguishness",
      "shenanigan(s)",
      "waggery",
      "waggishness",
      "wickedness"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060123",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hob and nob":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a close and friendly relationship : in a warmly companionable relationship":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of earlier hob or nob , alteration of hab or nab":"Interjection"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u00a6h\u00e4b\u0259(n)\u00a6n\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081635",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "interjection"
    ]
  },
  "hobbadehoy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of hobbadehoy archaic variant of hobbledehoy"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220704-213500",
    "type":[]
  },
  "hobber":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pitched horseshoe or quoit leaning against a stake or peg without ringing it":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112936",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobbil":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stupid individual : dolt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of obsolete hoball , probably from hob entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b\u0259\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112242",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobbit":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a fictitious peaceful and genial race of small humanlike creatures that dwell underground":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Take Airbnb, which has been known for renting out some of the world\u2019s wackiest properties, from UFO shuttles to above-ground submarines to real-life hobbit holes. \u2014 Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor , 23 June 2022",
      "Long before Bilbo or Frodo's ancestors settled in the Shire, there were three types of hobbit predecessors: the Harfoots, the Stoors, and the Fallohides. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 14 June 2022",
      "Memory is imperfect, as Forth explains in his book, and encounters with a modern-day hobbit can scare the willies out of anyone. \u2014 Rebecca Coffey, Forbes , 16 May 2022",
      "You're expected to just identify with an elf or a hobbit , but people can't identify in the same way with people of color. \u2014 Eva Recinos, refinery29.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, for instance, mapped the fantastical locations of Elven woods and hobbit homes throughout his imaginary Middle Earth. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "For more than two decades, the actor Elijah Wood has kept a pair of hairy hobbit feet in the same box they were given to him in. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, New York Times , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Thomas worried that a rogue elector -- without fear of penalty -- could vote for anyone, including a hobbit . \u2014 Ariane De Vogue, CNN , 21 Sep. 2021",
      "After all, how does one follow up the biggest fantasy franchise of all time, which propelled him to global stardom as ring-bearing hobbit Frodo Baggins"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "coined by J. R. R. Tolkien":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031031",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobble":{
    "antonyms":[
      "aid",
      "assist",
      "facilitate",
      "help"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hobbling movement":[],
      ": an awkward situation":[],
      ": something used to hobble an animal":[],
      ": to cause to limp : make lame : cripple":[],
      ": to fasten together the legs of (an animal, such as a horse) to prevent straying : fetter":[],
      ": to place under handicap : hamper , impede":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "She picked up her cane and hobbled across the room.",
      "She is sometimes hobbled by self-doubt.",
      "He has been hobbled by a knee injury.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Sergino Dest had to hobble off the Nef Stadium pitch on the 56th minute to be replaced by Ronald Araujo who filled in for him at right back. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "But poor logistics and planning, and Ukraine\u2019s surprisingly fierce resistance, buoyed in part by weapons shipments from the West, have helped hobble the Russian leader\u2019s agenda. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "But confusion over what exactly was happening in eastern Ukraine threatened to hobble a Western response. \u2014 Vladimir Isachenkov, orlandosentinel.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Lina Khan, the chair of the F.T.C., and Jonathan Kanter, the nominee to run the Justice Department\u2019s antitrust division, have promised to hobble the power of the companies. \u2014 Cecilia Kang, New York Times , 9 Oct. 2021",
      "Virtual connections can hobble the best of intentions with misunderstanding. \u2014 Expert Panel\u00ae, Forbes , 20 May 2022",
      "Covid-19 outbreaks and lockdowns in China could hobble that country\u2019s economy, driving down global growth and demand for energy. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Europe in particular\u2014to do more to hobble Russia's energy sector. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Many police officers, however, have said the law will hobble proactive policing and expose officers to financial ruin and hostile scrutiny from clueless review panels. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 17 May 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Through her years with Lil Hobbs, Kathryn has helped the dog with several health issues, including cataracts, arthritis, loose and fractured teeth, and permanent a hobble in the pup's walk. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The hobble has straps that bind the ankles together, and can also attach to someone's waist. \u2014 Fox News , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The hobble has straps that bind the ankles together, and can also attach to someone's waist. \u2014 CBS News , 21 Feb. 2022",
      "The department is replacing the hobble with a device that doesn't allow legs to be bent backwards. \u2014 NBC News , 24 May 2021",
      "Another potential reason not to use the hobble was that the officers had called for paramedics. \u2014 Steve Karnowski, Star Tribune , 6 Apr. 2021",
      "The woman was placed in a soft restraint hobble , which controls a person\u2019s ankles and can be connected to a waist chain or belt. \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 17 July 2020",
      "Aurora police policy states that using a hobble on someone increases the risk for medical complications, including positional asphyxia. \u2014 Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post , 17 July 2020",
      "The officers then connected the hobble to the girl\u2019s handcuffs, forcing her into a sitting position, according to the lawsuit. \u2014 Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post , 10 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English hoblen ; akin to Middle Dutch hobbelen to turn, roll":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0259l",
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clog",
      "cramp",
      "embarrass",
      "encumber",
      "fetter",
      "hamper",
      "handcuff",
      "handicap",
      "hinder",
      "hog-tie",
      "hold back",
      "hold up",
      "impede",
      "inhibit",
      "interfere (with)",
      "manacle",
      "obstruct",
      "shackle",
      "short-circuit",
      "stymie",
      "tie up",
      "trammel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193825",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hobble out":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to attach hobbles to (as a horse) and allow to wander about especially in a pasture":[
        "had hobbled out some horses not far from his cabin",
        "\u2014 Ross Santee",
        "and hobbled the animals out to graze",
        "\u2014 Fred Gipson"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132624",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "hobblebush":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a white-flowered shrubby viburnum ( Vibernum alnifolium synonym V. lantanoides ) of eastern North America having serrate rounded leaves and red berries":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1818, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0259l-\u02ccbu\u0307sh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220448",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobbledehoy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an awkward gawky youth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1540, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0259l-di-\u02cch\u022fi"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182104",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobby":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation":[
        "Writing is just a hobby of his.",
        "Her hobbies include gardening and bird-watching."
      ],
      ": a small Old World falcon ( Falco subbuteo ) that is dark blue above and white below with dark streaking on the breast":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English hoby , from Anglo-French hobel, hob\u00e9":"Noun",
      "short for hobbyhorse":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "avocation",
      "hobbyhorse",
      "pursuit",
      "recreation"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060325",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobbyhorse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a dancer wearing this figure":[],
      ": a figure of a horse fastened about the waist in the morris dance":[],
      ": a stick having an imitation horse's head at one end that a child pretends to ride":[],
      ": a topic to which one constantly reverts":[],
      ": a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame":[],
      ": buffoon":[],
      ": hobby entry 2":[],
      ": rocking horse":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Once he gets on his hobbyhorse and starts talking about taxes, you can't get him to discuss anything else.",
      "She's been riding that hobbyhorse for months.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Speculation about why this might be so tends to reflect the hobbyhorse of the speculator. \u2014 Zo\u00eb Heller, The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Donbas has served variously as a bargaining chip with Western powers, a cudgel to hold over them, a hobbyhorse for the home audience and an albatross. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Jan. 2022",
      "In Finland, hobbyhorse riding, according to The Wall Street Journal, is a growing sport that involves young girls riding fake horses, made of cloth or plastic horse heads attached to sticks. \u2014 Eliza Huber, refinery29.com , 9 May 2021",
      "She has been mentioned as a potential primary challenger in 2022 to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader \u2014 an idea that is a particular hobbyhorse of Mr. Trump\u2019s. \u2014 Mark Leibovich, New York Times , 4 May 2020",
      "There are also the hobbyhorses : school choice (pro), the mayor (con), bike lanes (rabidly averse), pervy teachers languishing in rubber rooms (averse to the point of obsession). \u2014 Sadie Stein, Town & Country , 30 May 2017",
      "Girls have always loved horses, but in lieu of a real equine companion, maybe a hobbyhorse will do. \u2014 Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com , 19 Apr. 2018",
      "But if the abolition of ICE becomes not just a left hobbyhorse but a core part of what progressives will ask of their candidates for 2020, that\u2019s going to be a harder choice for Democratic politicians to make. \u2014 Dara Lind, Vox , 19 Mar. 2018",
      "The script by South African actress Le Clanch\u00e9 du Rand opens in a room with a hat rack, a couple of trunks, a hobbyhorse and the iconic wardrobe, portal to a land outside human time. \u2014 Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver , 9 Mar. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1553, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "hobby small light horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn , perhaps from Hobbin , nickname for Robert or Robin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0113-\u02cch\u022frs"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "avocation",
      "hobby",
      "pursuit",
      "recreation"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082021",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobbyist":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation":[
        "Writing is just a hobby of his.",
        "Her hobbies include gardening and bird-watching."
      ],
      ": a small Old World falcon ( Falco subbuteo ) that is dark blue above and white below with dark streaking on the breast":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English hoby , from Anglo-French hobel, hob\u00e9":"Noun",
      "short for hobbyhorse":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4-b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "avocation",
      "hobbyhorse",
      "pursuit",
      "recreation"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020545",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobgoblin":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mischievous goblin":[],
      ": bogey sense 2 , bugaboo":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "intimidated by the hobgoblins of etiquette",
      "in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream , Puck is a hobgoblin who plays pranks such as spoiling milk and tripping old ladies",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Evidently, consistency really is the hobgoblin of small minds\u2014the heirs to Scalia and Robert Bork don\u2019t bother themselves with it. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
      "Resistance is the hobgoblin of antiviral medicine, even with antivirals as effective as Paxlovid. \u2014 Jason Mast, STAT , 29 May 2022",
      "Such hobgoblins of Hamilton\u2019s imagination bear an eerie resemblance to the current occupant of the White House, with his tweets, double talk and inflammatory rhetoric at rallies. \u2014 Ron Chernow, Twin Cities , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "Nothing says Happy Halloween like a scary hobgoblin , all scowls and just looking for trouble. \u2014 Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day , 9 Sep. 2019",
      "This fascination tells us more about ourselves than Sosa, who is demonstrating that foolish consistency said to be the hobgoblin of little minds. \u2014 Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com , 29 June 2018",
      "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote. \u2014 Robert Krier, sandiegouniontribune.com , 7 June 2018",
      "The witches used some as nests, too, leaving them for hobgoblins to sleep in. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2018",
      "God has His own Treblinka, with devils, hobgoblins , demons, angels of death. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "hob entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-\u02ccg\u00e4-bl\u0259n",
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-\u02ccg\u00e4b-l\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "faerie",
      "faery",
      "fairy",
      "fay",
      "gnome",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035237",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hobnob":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to associate familiarly":[],
      ": to drink sociably":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He loves to hobnob with celebrities.",
      "those two have been hobnobbing together since freshman year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Applicants also have to hobnob with the committee at a cocktail reception. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "This networking event is sure to give you some insight \u2013 and the chance to hobnob with folks who build festival lineups for a living. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Conceptually, the first season of Moon Knight feels intended less as a TV show and more as an explanation for why viewers would want to watch the character eventually hobnob with Doctor Strange or Blade or whomever. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Albright also appeared as herself in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau in a scene in which several real-life political figures hobnob with Matt Damon's congressman character. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "When basketball\u2019s best gather in Cleveland to dunk, fire 3-pointers and hobnob with corporate partners as the league celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend, another group of players will get a chance to shine amid the glittering stars. \u2014 Tom Withers, baltimoresun.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "For many in Trumpworld, the hotel was a place to see and be seen\u2014a bizarro Camelot where Republican lawmakers, conservative elites, and MAGA enthusiasts could cross paths, mingle, and hobnob the night away. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The next opportunities to hobnob with the honchos are in November, with Disney chief Bob Chapek scheduled to make an appearance on Nov. 15 and JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon returning to Boston on Nov. 23. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "But there are still pervasive, sometimes pernicious assumptions about what a music director must look and act like \u2014 who can hobnob with donors, who can help sell tickets. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the obsolete phrase drink hobnob to drink alternately to one another":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-\u02ccn\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "associate",
      "chum",
      "company",
      "consociate",
      "consort",
      "fraternize",
      "hang (around ",
      "hook up",
      "mess around",
      "pal (around)",
      "run",
      "sort",
      "travel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071019",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hobnobber":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to associate familiarly":[],
      ": to drink sociably":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He loves to hobnob with celebrities.",
      "those two have been hobnobbing together since freshman year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Applicants also have to hobnob with the committee at a cocktail reception. \u2014 Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
      "This networking event is sure to give you some insight \u2013 and the chance to hobnob with folks who build festival lineups for a living. \u2014 Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "Conceptually, the first season of Moon Knight feels intended less as a TV show and more as an explanation for why viewers would want to watch the character eventually hobnob with Doctor Strange or Blade or whomever. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Albright also appeared as herself in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau in a scene in which several real-life political figures hobnob with Matt Damon's congressman character. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "When basketball\u2019s best gather in Cleveland to dunk, fire 3-pointers and hobnob with corporate partners as the league celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend, another group of players will get a chance to shine amid the glittering stars. \u2014 Tom Withers, baltimoresun.com , 15 Feb. 2022",
      "For many in Trumpworld, the hotel was a place to see and be seen\u2014a bizarro Camelot where Republican lawmakers, conservative elites, and MAGA enthusiasts could cross paths, mingle, and hobnob the night away. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 14 Oct. 2021",
      "The next opportunities to hobnob with the honchos are in November, with Disney chief Bob Chapek scheduled to make an appearance on Nov. 15 and JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon returning to Boston on Nov. 23. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 4 Oct. 2021",
      "But there are still pervasive, sometimes pernicious assumptions about what a music director must look and act like \u2014 who can hobnob with donors, who can help sell tickets. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the obsolete phrase drink hobnob to drink alternately to one another":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b-\u02ccn\u00e4b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "associate",
      "chum",
      "company",
      "consociate",
      "consort",
      "fraternize",
      "hang (around ",
      "hook up",
      "mess around",
      "pal (around)",
      "run",
      "sort",
      "travel"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040435",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hobo":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a homeless and usually penniless vagabond":[],
      ": a large shoulder bag shaped like a pouch":[
        "To punctuate the all-blue outfit, the actress slung on an unstructured, oversized suede hobo , a practical antidote to the current craze for fanny packs and mini bags.",
        "\u2014 Edward Barsamian"
      ],
      ": a migratory worker":[],
      ": to live or travel in the manner of a hobo":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "kind folks who always gave hoboes who came to the farm a meal and then sent them on their way",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Additional bullet points include exhortations to boycott products marked as Lite; hex the Muzak company; go on strike; dance all night; start a pirate radio station; put up posters; home-school your kids or teach them a craft; don\u2019t vote; be a hobo . \u2014 New York Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Do yourself a favor and swap out your boxy bag for a hobo . \u2014 Sarah Boyd, Forbes , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Andy Griffith plays a folksy hobo turned megalomaniacal media star in Elia Kazan\u2019s biting 1957 satire. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
      "From Japanese internees and hobos at the turn of the 20th century to taggers at the turn of the 21st, these graffiti artists reveal Los Angeles\u2019s underground history. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2020",
      "Maisel bought the abandoned building in 1966, when the neighborhood was flush with hobos and artists, and the building is inextricably connected with his work as a photographer. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 15 Aug. 2019",
      "The show started with asymmetrical skirts in large, dyed patchwork denim paired with slouchy jackets and hobo bags in earth tones. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2020",
      "Alternatively, squishable soft pouches and hobo bags have married into the ultimate hybrid baguette, with options from Bottega Veneta, Rag & Bone, and Staud. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Devon was played by Devon Abner, who in the episode in question was the one dressed as a hobo . \u2014 Omar Sanchez, EW.com , 15 Jan. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1888, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u014d-b\u014d",
      "\u02c8h\u014d-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bindle stiff",
      "bum",
      "bummer",
      "sundowner",
      "swaggie",
      "swagman",
      "tramp",
      "vagabond",
      "vagrant"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014757",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "Hobson-Jobson":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": assimilation of the sounds of a word or words foreign to a language into the sounds of a word or words coined or already existent in the language (as Spanish cucaracha has become English cockroach or as English riding coat has become French redingote )":[
        "the law of Hobson-Jobson has played a great role in the evolution of surnames",
        "\u2014 R. F. Barton"
      ],
      "\u2014 compare folk etymology":[
        "the law of Hobson-Jobson has played a great role in the evolution of surnames",
        "\u2014 R. F. Barton"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6h\u00e4bs\u0259n\u00a6j\u00e4bs\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-Indian modification (influenced by the English surnames Hobson and Jobson ) of Arabic y\u0101 \u1e24asan! y\u0101 \u1e24usayn! O Hasan! O Husain! (cry repeated at the Muharram festival as an expression of mourning for Hasan and Husain, grandsons of Muhammad, killed in the early struggles between the Sunni and Shi\u02bda parties)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-174357"
  },
  "hob tap":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": master tap":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "hob entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224738"
  },
  "hobthrush":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": hobgoblin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4b\u02ccthru\u0307sh"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably irregular from hob entry 1 + obsolete English thurse goblin, from Middle English thirs malevolent supernatural being, from Old English thyrs demon; akin to Old High German duris giant, Old Norse thurs":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015811"
  },
  "hobble skirt":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a skirt constricted at the bottom":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One woman, slowed down by her fashionable hobble skirt was unable to get out of the way in time and was tragically trampled to death. \u2014 Serah-marie Mcmahon, Teen Vogue , 12 Apr. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1911, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042325"
  }
}