Новый большой англо-русский словарь - hobnob
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hobnob
1. дружеская встреча; приятельская беседа I'm going to have a quiet little hobnob with them —- я собираюсь встретиться с ними и по-дружески поговорить 2. приятельская пирушка, "междусобойчик" 3. наугад, наобум, напропалую 4. запанибрата, фамильярно, запросто; по-приятельски; по-свойски 5. вместе пить, бражничать; чокаться, пить за здоровье друг друга 6. (with) пренебр. водить дружбу, компанию; яшкаться she once hobnobed with kings and princes —- когда-то она водила дружбу с королями и принцами
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v.intr. (hobnobbed, hobnobbing) 1 (usu. foll. by with) mix socially or informally. 2 drink together. Etymology: hob or nob = give or take, of alternate drinking; earlier hab nab, = have or not have ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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intransitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: from the obsolete phrase drink ~ to drink alternately to one another Date: 1813 1. archaic to drink sociably 2. to associate familiarly • ~ber noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(hobnobs, hobnobbing, hobnobbed) If you disapprove of the way in which someone is spending a lot of time with a group of people, especially rich and powerful people, you can say that he or she is hobnobbing with them. (INFORMAL) This gave Bill an opportunity to hobnob with the company’s president, board chairman, and leading executives. VERB: V with n, also V c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v informal to spend time talking to people who are in a higher social position than you (hobnobbing with the bosses at the sports club) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1756, hob and nob "to toast each other by turns, to buy alternate rounds of drinks," from c.1550 hab nab "to have or have not, hit or miss," probably ult. from O.E. habban, nabban "have, not have," with the negative particle ne- attached, as was customary. Modern sense of "socialize" is 1866. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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