hobby
Pluralhobbies
- 1Something you enjoy doing in your free time.
Like a fun thing you do just because you like it, not because you have to.
Painting is her favorite hobby.
My brother and I share the same hobbies on weekends.
Similarpastime, pursuit, interest, diversion, recreation
Oppositejob, profession
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- 2A small, fast falcon that hunts insects and other birds while flying.
Like a tiny, very fast hawk that catches other birds in midair.
The hobby chased dragonflies low over the meadow.
We watched a hobby dart after swallows just before dark.
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- 3A subject that someone talks about again and again because they care about it.
Like a favorite story someone tells over and over.
Old railways are his hobby, and he turns every chat back to them.
Town planning is her hobby, so she brings it up whenever she can.
Similarhobbyhorse, obsession, fixation, preoccupation
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- 4A small, fast breed of horse from Ireland and Britain that no longer exists.
Like an old kind of pony built for speed that has now died out.
The hobby was prized for its smooth, quick pace over rough ground.
Soldiers once rode the hobby into battle because it was fast and nimble.
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Origins
Short for hobby-horse, from an old word for a small horse or pony. Later it meant a child's toy horse, and then a favorite pastime.
From Middle English hoby, from Old French, from a Medieval Latin word hopētus, a small form of harpe.