hobbed

/HH AA1 B D/
noun
  1. 1

    (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.

  2. 2

    A male ferret.

  3. 3

    The hub of a wheel.

  4. 4

    A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

  5. 5

    (historical) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.

  6. 6

    (obsolete) A fairy; a sprite; an elf; a bogey.

  7. 7

    (obsolete) A countryman; a rustic or yokel.

  8. 8

    A rounded peg used as a target in several games, especially in quoits.

  9. 9

    A surname originating as a patronymic.

  10. 10

    (obsolete) A nickname for Robin or Robert

  11. 11

    (archaic) A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil

verb
  1. 1

    (transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.

  2. 2

    (intransitive) To engage in the process of cutting gears with a hob.