hob: Meaning and Definition of

hob

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 used.
4. a milling cutter for gear and sprocket teeth, splines, threads, etc., having helically arranged teeth and fed across the work as the work is rotated.

1. to cut with a hob.

hob

1. a hobgoblin or elf.
2. to do mischief or harm to: The child played hob with my radio, and now it won't work at all.
3. to cause a destructive commotion; behave disruptively: They raised such hob with their antagonistic questions that the meeting broke up.