Hobby

/ˈhɒ.bi/ · noun

Meaning

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time..

Definitions by Sense

1. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
2. (equestrianism) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
3. Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
4. Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

Example Sentences

I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.

take up a hobby

give up your hobby

I was out a-hunting to-day, and I got away to a place in the wood I’d never seen before. And there was an old chalk-pit. And I heard a kind of a sort of humming. So I got off my hobby, and I went right quiet to the pit, and I looked down.

"Well, I think East is right," said Arthur; "I can't see but what it's right to do the best you can, though it mayn't be the best absolutely. Every man isn't born to be a martyr." "Of course, of course," said East; "but he's on one of his pet hobbies. — How often have I told you, Tom, that you must drive a nail where it'll go."

He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.

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