hobby

1. 1

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

   • I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
   • take up a hobby
2. 2

   An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish 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.
3. 3

   Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).

   • "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 p
4. 4

   Painting and building miniatures (as opposed to playing the game)

   • I'm more into the competitive part than the hobby part of this game.

syn. pastime · amusement · diversion · divertisement · fancy · hobby · kill-time · pursuit · sport

ant. work

1. 1

   Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

   • 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.

syn. amusement · diversion · divertisement · fancy · hobby · kill-time · pursuit · sport

ant. work