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hobby
1[hob-ee]
noun
plural
hobbiesan activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation.
Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
a child's hobbyhorse.
Archaic.a small horse.
hobby
2[hob-ee]
noun
plural
hobbiesa small Old World falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at such small game as larks.
Hobby
3[hob-ee]
noun
Oveta Culp 1905–1995, U.S. newspaper publisher and government official: first director of Women's Army Corps 1942–45; first Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1953–55.
hobby
1/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
an activity pursued in spare time for pleasure or relaxation
archaica small horse or pony
short for hobbyhorse
an early form of bicycle, without pedals
hobby
2/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
any of several small Old World falcons, esp the European Falco subbuteo, formerly used in falconry
Other 51Թ Forms
- hobbyist noun
- hobbyless adjective
- ˈDz⾱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hobby1
Origin of hobby2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hobby1
Origin of hobby2
Idioms and Phrases
ride a hobby, to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity. Also ride a hobbyhorse.
Example Sentences
One funny way he shows it is he’s made a hobby of ripping off his prey’s heads to use their spines as tools, or maybe even as décor.
Monitoring cringe has been a reliable preoccupation of online media that scour YouTube and TikTok in order to bring us the latest on what behaviors, styles, hobbies and social habits are thought to be cringe.
His passion is fishing — Bagby dreams of reeling in a deep-sea marlin — but no hobby can nourish his soul as much as helping others.
Then you have time to do things like read and solve jigsaw puzzles with friends, two hobbies Klein says she has taken up again recently in a conscious effort to disengage from her phone.
"But it's just about worth it because it's become a hobby I really enjoy."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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