hob¹ /hob/

1. A hub
2. A surface beside a fireplace, on which anything may be laid to keep hot
3. Any flat framework or surface, eg on top of a gas cooker, on which pots and pans are placed to be heated
4. A game in which stones are thrown at coins on the end of a short stick
5. The stick used
6. A gear-cutting tool

hobˈnail noun

A nail with a thick strong head, used in horseshoes, heavy workshoes, etc

transitive verb

1. To furnish with hobnails
2. To trample upon with hobnailed shoes

hobˈnailed adjective

hob² /hob/

1. A rustic
2. A lout
3. A supernatural creature or fairy, such as Robin Goodfellow (folklore)
4. A clownish person
5. A male ferret
6. Mischief

Hobbˈinoll noun

A rustic (from Spenser's Shepheards Calender)

hobbˈish adjective

Clownish

hobˈgoblin noun

1. A mischievous fairy
2. A frightful apparition

hobgobˈlinism or hobgobˈlinry noun

play hob or raise hob

To cause confusion

• kick up a row
• kick up a shindy
• kick up a stink
• kick up dust
• kick up one's heels
• kick-ups
• kick upstairs
• kid
• kidded
• kidder
• Kidderminster
• kidders
• kiddied
• kiddier
• kiddiers
• kiddies
• kiddiewink
• kiddiewinkie
• kiddiewinkies
• kiddiewinks
• kidding
• kiddingly
• kiddle
• kiddles
• kiddo