hob

1. 1.

   cut with a hob

   Broadercut

Other forms of hob

plural

hobs·

past tense or participle

hobbed

present participle

hobbing

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hob

What does hob mean?

hob means "(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hob?

hob has 1 syllable: hob. In IPA it is /ˈhɑb/.

What is another word for hob?

Close synonyms include goblin, hobgoblin, elf, gremlin, pixie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hob a common word?

hob is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.