Hob"nob` (?), adv. [AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab.]
1.
Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking.
Shak.
2.
At random; hit or miss. (Obs.)
Holinshed.
© Webster 1913.
Hob"nob`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hornobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing.]
1.
To drink familiarly (with another).
[ Written also
hob-a-nob.]
2.
To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms.
© Webster 1913.
Hob"nob`, n.
Familiar, social intercourse.
W. Black.
© Webster 1913.