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• raise hob — phrasal 1. : to play hob usually used with with the war … raised hob with international trade Harper s 2. a. : to show extreme irritation or wrath his … wife was getting on his nerves and he was raising unaccountable hob …   Useful english dictionary

• hob — hob1 [häb] n. [? var. of HUB] 1. a projecting ledge at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping a kettle, saucepan, etc. warm 2. a peg used as a target in quoits, etc. 3. a device for cutting teeth in a gear blank, etc. hob2 [häb] n. [ME …   English World dictionary

• hob — hob1 hobber, n. /hob/, n., v., hobbed, hobbing. n. 1. a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm. 2. a rounded peg or pin used as a target in quoits and similar games. 3. a game in which such a peg is… …   Universalium

• hob — I [[t]hɒb[/t]] n. v. hobbed, hob•bing 1) a projection or shelf at the back or side of a fireplace, used for keeping food warm 2) mac a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc 3) mac to cut with a hob 4) to provide with… …   From formal English to slang

• hob — hob1 noun 1》 Brit. a cooking appliance, or the flat top part of a cooker, with hotplates or burners.     ↘a flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace, used for heating pans. 2》 a machine tool for cutting gears or screw threads. 3》 a peg or pin… …   English new terms dictionary

• hob — 1. n. 1 a a flat heating surface for a pan on a cooker. b a flat metal shelf at the side of a fireplace, having its surface level with the top of the grate, used esp. for heating a pan etc. 2 a tool used for cutting gear teeth etc. 3 a peg or pin …   Useful english dictionary

• hob — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hobbe, from Hobbe, nickname for Robert Date: 15th century 1. dialect England hobgoblin, elf 2. mischief, trouble used with play and raise < always raising hob > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• play hob — phrasal 1. : to cause mischief : make trouble : cause an upset : cause confusion or disruption or havoc usually used with with would disorganize his life and play hob with his standard of living John Lardner 2. : to take liberties : make free… …   Useful english dictionary

• ball up — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bollix, bollix up, bother, bug, bugger, bugger up, cloud, complicate, confound, confuse, cook, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• muddle — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, amaze, anarchy, ataxia, baffle, ball up, bamboozle, be all thumbs, beat, becloud, bedazzle, befog, befuddle, befuddlement, bemuse, bewilder, bewilderment, blunder, blunder away, blunder into,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• confuse — Synonyms and related words: abash, addle, addle the wits, agitate, baffle, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, blur, blur distinctions, bollix up, botch, bother, buffalo, bug, cap, cast down, chagrin, cloud, color,… …   Moby Thesaurus