What is the meaning of HOB. Phrases containing HOB
See meanings and uses of HOB!Slangs & AI meanings
n 1. A corpse 2. A person regarded as constrained, priggish, or overly formal. 3. A drunk. 4. A person: a lucky stiff; just an ordinary working stiff. 5. A hobo; a tramp. 6. A person who tips poorly. tr.v. stiffed, stiffing, stiffs 1. To tip (someone) inadequately or not at all, as for a service rendered: paid the dinner check but stiffed the waiter. 2. a. To cheat (someone) of something owed: My roommate stiffed me out of last month's rent. b. To fail to give or supply (something expected or promised).
Hobson−jobson is the British slang linguistic process whereby foreign words or phrases are anglicized for use by English speakers; such as 'plonk' from the French vin blanc, and hocus−pocus from the Latin hoc est corpus.
n. a person who masturbates in public restrooms. "OMG, did you hear about that hob knocker at the mall yesterday? He straight got caught…nasty!" 2. n. someone who hits others in private parts. Often used for insulting someone. "Jason is a straight up hob knocker; he’s always fighting dirty!"Â
Hobo is American slang for a tramp or vagrant.
Boxcar used by hobos in stealing rides
To kick someone either in a fight or as a single act. Also referred to as "putting the hob in" or giving someone "a good hobbing". Probably derived from hobnailed boots.
Ticket For hobos, a union card or card asking for alms
An old-time hobo practice, now virtually obsolete. The hobo would place a board across truss rods under a car and ride on it. This was very dangerous even in pleasant weather, and the possibility was ever present that you might doze, get careless, become too cramped, or lose your nerve-and roll under the wheels
Tramp. Term is said to have originated on Burlington Route as a corruption of "Hello, boy!" which construction workers used in greeting one another
Hobo cocktail is Black−American slang for a glass of water.
Hobbledehoy is old British slang for a youth.
Brakeman. Derived from initial B(ee) of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, or perhaps from some brakemen's habit of arousing hobos by applying a brake club to the soles of their shoes
Hobson's choice is London Cockney rhyming slang for voice.
Hobo jungle is American slang for a shanty town.
Originally referring to the primarily coloured hobos who live on Table Mountain near Cape Town.
Kettle and hob is London Cockney rhyming slang for Bob. Kettle and hob is London Cockney rhyming slang for fob.
Searching a freight train for hobos. In bygone days it was common practice for trainmen to collect money from freight-riding 'bos, often at the rate of a dollar a division
of heroin Little folded-up piece of paper (with heroin inside) the bundle (or “brindleâ€) in which a hobo carries all his worldy possessions
HOB
HOB
HOB
HOB
HOB
HOB
HOB
n.
One who accepts the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes.
n.
The hobblebush.
n.
Alt. of Hobbyhorse
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Hobble
n.
The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (1588-1679); esp., his political theory that the most perfect form of civil government is an absolute monarchy with despotic control over everything relating to law, morals, and religion.
v. i.
Alt. of Hobandnob
n.
One who hobbles.
v. t.
To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes.
imp. & p. p.
of Hobble
a.
See with hobnails, as a shoe.
adv.
See Hobnob.
n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.
pl.
of Hobby
n.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
n.
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
n.
Alt. of Hobbletehoy
a.
Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
v. i.
Same as Hobnob.
n.
A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.
n.
A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.
HOB
HOB
HOB