Hob

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Hob may refer to:

• Hob means elf, from Hobbe, a variant of Rob (Hick for Richard, Hodge for Rodger) an abbreviation or alternative form of Robin Goodfellow, an elf in German folklore.
• In local fairy tales of England, the Yorkshire hob was a fairy who was typically mean to people.
• Hob is the root word for hobble, hobby, hobgoblin, hobyah, hobbit, hoberdidance, hobbididance, and hobbledehoy.
• Hob is an old name for the Devil.
• In the United Kingdom, Singapore, and other parts of the commonwealth, a hob is the top cooking surface on a cooker (referred to as a 'stove top' in the United States). It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.
• Hob is the term for a male ferret.
• A Hob is a tool used in making gears, the process is referred to as hobbing.
• A movement in which a person moves his or her head from side to side repeatedly (also referred to as hobbing).
• A familiar or rustic variation of the Christian name Robert or Robin. Hence formerly a generic name for: rustic, clown.
• A (rounded) peg or pin used as a mark or target in games; especially one of the iron pins used in quoits. Also, A game in which these are used.
• A boys' game in which halfpence are set on the end of a round stick (the hob), at which something (as a stone) is pitched.
• The shoe of a sledge.
• The nave of a wheel: same as hub.