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Hob

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Hob or Hobs may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

  • Heart of Brooklyn, a tourism-related non-profit organization in New York City
  • HOB GmbH & Co KG, an international computer company
  • Hobs Reprographics, a British printer
  • Hemne Orkladal Billag, a defunct Norwegian transport company
  • House of Blues, a chain of music halls and restaurants

People

  • Hob Broun (1950–1987), American author
  • Hob Bryan (born 1952), American politician
  • Hob Hiller (1893–1956), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

Codes

  • hob, ISO 639-3 code for the Mari language (Madang Province) of Papua New Guinea
  • HOB, station code for Hoboken Terminal, New Jersey, United States
  • HOB, IATA code for Lea County Regional Airport, New Mexico, United States
  • HOB, UK code for HM Prison High Down, Surrey

Other uses

  • Gear hob, a tool used in gear-making
  • Hob, a male ferret
  • Hob, a stake used as a target in the game of quoits
  • Hob (folklore), a household spirit in Northern England, see also Hobgoblin
  • Hob or Old Hob, a nickname for the Devil
  • Hob (hearth), a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils
  • Cooktop, the top cooking surface on a kitchen stove
  • Hob (unit), a Korean unit of volume equal to about 180 ml
  • Hob (video game), an action-adventure game
  • Hoboken-Verzeichnis, abbreviated "Hob.", the catalogue of the compositions of Joseph Haydn
  • Hob, 2004 debut album of Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny
  • House Office Building, where members of the United States House of Representatives work
  • A nail on the sole of a hobnailed boot

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Hobs
  • All pages with titles containing Hob
  • Hobb (disambiguation)
  • Hobbe (disambiguation)
  • Hobbes (disambiguation)
  • Hobbs (disambiguation)
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