Hob 3382202 221218702 2008-06-23T15:51:06Z 69.110.157.240 cleanup {{wiktionarypar|hob}} '''Hob''' or '''HOB''' may refer to: * [[Hob (folklore)|Hob]]: a [[household deity|household spirit]] in Northern England * A generic term for various [[Dwarf]]-like and [[Elf]]-like magical creatures in Germanic folklore * A [[devil]] * The top cooking surface on a [[Kitchen stove|stove]] * A male [[ferret]] * A tool used in [[hobbing]], or gear-making * A robot-like creature in the webcomic ''[[Dresden Codak]]'' * A stake used as a target in the game of [[quoits]] * [[Hobnail]] * [[HOB_GmbH_%26_Co_KG|HOB GmbH & Co. KG]], an international computer company ===Acronyms and codes=== * [[Hoboken-Verzeichnis]], the catalogue of the compositions of Joseph Haydn * [[House of Blues]], a chain of music halls and restaurants * [[Hemne og Orkladal Billag]], a Norwegian transport company * [[House Office Building]], where members of the [[United States House of Representatives]] work * '''Head of bed''', which may be elevated or depressed to parallel level depending on patient condition or patient's liking * [[Lea County Regional Airport]] in [[Hobbs, New Mexico]] (IATA Code: HOB) * '''High Off Boresite''' (or HOBS), certain air-to-air missile capability ===People with the given name Hob=== * [[Hob Gadling]], a fictional character from the ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|Sandman]]'' [[comic book]] series by [[Neil Gaiman]] {{disambig}} [[de:HOB]] [[fr:HOB]] [[it:HOB]]