Hob or Hobs may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Heart of Brooklyn Heart of Brooklyn (HOB) was a non-profit organization active from 2001-2013 led by six cultural institutions located near Grand Army Plaza in central Brooklyn, New York City. The partnership consisted of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's ...

, a tourism-related non-profit organization in New York City *

HOB GmbH & Co KG HOB GmbH & Co. KG is part of the Brandstätter Group, which also owns Playmobil and other companies. HOB GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1964 as an electronics concern, by Horst Brandstätter. The name HOB is an acronym formed from his name. HOB bega ...

, 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 Hob Broun (born Heywood Orren Broun; 1950 – December 16, 1987) was an author who lived in Portland, Oregon. Following the publication of his first novel, ''Odditorium'', Broun required spinal surgery to remove a tumor that ultimately saved hi ...

(1950–1987), American author * Hob Bryan (born 1952), American politician *

Hob Hiller Harvey Max "Hob" Hiller (May 12, 1893 – December 27, 1956) was an American Major League Baseball utility player for the Boston Red Sox in and . Listed at , 162 lb., Hiller batted and threw right-handed. Although he hit only .167 in the maj ...

(1893–1956), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

* Hob Gadling, in ''The Sandman'' comic book series by Neil Gaiman * Hob, a robot-like creature in the webcomic ''

Dresden Codak ''Dresden Codak'' is a webcomic written and illustrated by A. Senna Diaz (formerly Arryn Diaz). Described by Diaz as a "celebration of science, death and human folly", the comic presents stories that deal with elements of philosophy, science an ...

'' * Hob, in '' RoboCop 2''

Codes

* hob, ISO 639-3 code for the

Mari language (Madang Province) Mari, or Hop, is a minor Austronesian language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the four villages of Bumbu (), Bubirumpun (), Musuam (), and Sangkiang () in Usino Rural LLG of the Ramu The Ramu River is a major river in ...

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 * A male

ferret The ferret (''Mustela furo'') is a small, Domestication, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), evidenced by their Hybrid (biol ...

* A stake used as a target in the game of

quoits Quoits ( or ) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). The game of quoits encompasses several distinct vari ...

* Hob (folklore), a household spirit in Northern England, see also Hobgoblin * Hob or Old Hob, a nickname for the

Devil A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of t ...

Hob (hearth) In a kitchen the hob is a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils at the back or side of a hearth (fireplace) to keep them warm, or an internal chimney-corner. In modern British English usage, the word refers to a cooktop o ...

, a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils * Cooktop, the top cooking surface on a kitchen stove *

Hob (unit) The ''ge'' is a traditional Chinese unit of volume equal to '' sheng''. Its Korean equivalent is the ''hob'' or ''hop'' and its Japanese equivalent is the ''gō''. China The ''ge'' is a traditional Chinese unit of volume equal to 10''shao' ...

, a Korean unit of volume equal to about 180 ml * ''Hob'' (video game), an action-adventure game * ''

Hoboken-Verzeichnis The Hoboken catalogue is a catalogue of the musical compositions by Joseph Haydn compiled by Anthony van Hoboken. It is intended to cover the composer's entire oeuvre and includes over 750 entries. Its full title in the original German is ''Joseph ...

'', abbreviated "Hob.", the catalogue of the compositions of Joseph Haydn * ''Hob'', 2004 debut album of Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny *

House Office Building The congressional office buildings are the office buildings used by the United States Congress to augment the limited space in the United States Capitol. The congressional office buildings are part of the Capitol Complex, and are thus under the ...

, where members of the United States House of Representatives work * A nail on the sole of a

hobnailed boot In footwear, a hobnail is a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles. Uses Hobnailed boots (in Scotland "tackety boots") are boots with hobnails (nails inserted into the soles of the boots), usually instal ...

House of Balloons ''House of Balloons'' is the debut mixtape by Canadian singer the Weeknd. It was released on March 21, 2011, by the artist's own record label XO. The mixtape was released for free on the Weeknd's website and was the subject of increased media d ...

, the first mixtape of the

Trilogy A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...

by The Weeknd

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