Hob, 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, an international computer company * Hobs Reprographics, a British printer *

Hemne Orkladal Billag Hemne Orkladal Billag or HOB was a Norwegian transport company based in Kyrksæterøra, Sør-Trøndelag. HOB was founded in 1937 and merged with Trondheim Trafikkselskap in 2001 to form Team Trafikk. History Hemne og Vinje Billag is founded in ...

, a defunct Norwegian transport company *

House of Blues House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues Brothers''. The ...

, 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

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

RoboCop 2 ''RoboCop 2'' is a 1990 American science fiction superhero action film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Frank Miller and Walon Green. It stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan, and Gabriel Dam ...

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 Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by eight NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, an NJ T ...

, 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, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), as evidenced by the ferret's ability to inter ...

* 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 hob is a type of small mythological Household deity, household spirit found in the English Midlands, Northern England, and on the Anglo-Scottish border, according to traditional folklore of those regions. They could live inside the house or out ...

, a household spirit in Northern England * Hob or Old Hob, a nickname for the

Devil A devil is the mythical 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 conce ...

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 cookt ...

, a projection, shelf, grate or bench for holding food or utensils *

Cooktop A cooktop (American English), stovetop (Canadian and American English) or hob (British English), is a device commonly used for cooking that is commonly found in kitchens and used to apply heat to the base of cookware, pans or pots. Cooktops are o ...

, 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 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 ''Josep ...

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

Tamer Hosny Tamer Hosny Sherif Abbas Farghaly (; born 16 August 1977), known by his stage name Tamer Hosny (), is an Egyptian singer and actor. He first came to public attention when he appeared on mixed tapes with other Egyptian artists. Hosny launched his ...

* House Office Building, where members of the United States House of Representatives work * A nail on the sole of a hobnailed boot * ''

House of Balloons ''House of Balloons'' is the debut mixtape by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released on March 21, 2011, by the artist's own record label XO (record label), XO. The mixtape was released for free on the Weeknd's website and wa ...

'', 2011 mixtape by the Weeknd **

House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his debut mixtape, ''House of Balloons'' (2011). The Weeknd wrote the song with its producers, Doc McKinney and Illangelo. It was included on h ...

, title track from the mixtape by the Weeknd

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