hob 1
— hobber , n.
/hob/ , n. , v. , hobbed, hobbing .
n.
1. a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm.
2. a rounded peg or pin used as a target in quoits and similar games.
3. a game in which such a peg is used.
4. Mach. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc., having helically arranged teeth and fed across the work as the work is rotated.
v.t. , v.i.
5. Mach. to cut with a hob.
[ 1505-15; var. of obs. hub hob (in a fireplace); perh. identical with HUB ]
hob 2
— hoblike , adj.
/hob/ , n.
1. a hobgoblin or elf.
2. play hob with , to do mischief or harm to: The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all.
3. raise hob , to cause a destructive commotion; behave disruptively: They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up.
[ 1275-1325; ME, special use of Hob, for ROBERT or ROBIN ]