hobby
1an 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.
Idioms about hobby
ride a hobby, to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity.: Also ride a hobbyhorse.
Origin of hobby
1Other words from hobby
- hob·by·ist, noun
- hob·by·less, adjective
Other definitions for hobby (2 of 3)
a small Old World falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at such small game as larks.
Origin of hobby
2Other definitions for Hobby (3 of 3)
Oveta Culp [kuhlp], /kʌlp/, 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.
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How to use hobby in a sentence
Her many hobbies include tap dancing, baking, and lots and lots of crafting.
From Baltimore Ravens Cheerleader to Mrs. Robinson | Brandy Zadrozny | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith more women achieving financial parity with men, more women are able to take up luxury hobbies men have long enjoyed.
Did you two engage in any hobbies or games together in your downtime?
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Maisie Williams on Arya Stark’s S4 Journey and Her Crush on Andrew Garfield | Marlow Stern | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis off-track hobbies include moto-cross driving and skydiving.
Formula 1 Champion Michael Schumacher In Coma After Ski Accident | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut my parents also left me with a dearth of hobbies that make admissions committees salivate.
But the world, Auberon, the real world, is not run on these hobbies.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill | Gilbert K. ChestertonHe is a great lover of books and gardening—two antithetical hobbies—which are charming in themselves, and healthily counteractive.
Heroes of the Telegraph | J. MunroNow, next I want to say some things about having dinner at night, for that is one of my hobbies.
Living on a Little | Caroline French BentonHer hobbies are reading science fiction novels, going to the opera and listening to folk music.
The Colors of Space | Marion Zimmer BradleyLaw becomes thus a sort of anthology of various existing crowd-hobbies.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean Martin
British Dictionary definitions for hobby (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhɒbɪ) /
an activity pursued in spare time for pleasure or relaxation
archaic, or dialect a small horse or pony
short for hobbyhorse (def. 1)
an early form of bicycle, without pedals
Origin of hobby
1Derived forms of hobby
- hobbyist, noun
British Dictionary definitions for hobby (2 of 2)
/ (ˈhɒbɪ) /
any of several small Old World falcons, esp the European Falco subbuteo, formerly used in falconry
Origin of hobby
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