hobby

[hob·by]

A hobby is an activity that you do in your spare time for fun. Your hobby may be putting together model train sets and driving your mom crazy from all the noise.

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A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

Noun
an auxiliary activity

Noun
small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds

Noun
a child''s plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride


n.
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

n.
Alt. of Hobbyhorse


Hobby

Hob"by , n.; pl. Hobbies . [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe, hob'82, F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zo'94l.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.

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Usage Examples

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

Golf isn't just my business, it's my hobby.

I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job.

I think fashion is a lot of fun. I love clothes. More than fashion or brand labels, I love design. I love the thought that people put into clothes. I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool. I also freely recognize that fashion should be a hobby.

That's a hobby of mine - to do whatever I can for unusual for-hire creative projects. I am waiting for someone to really challenge me - obviously I'm often approached to do film related work, but I would be very happy to design a bar or an amusement park ride. I would love to be an imagineer!

So many of my dreams were to actually be able to make a living of what I did as a hobby.

My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.

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Other Usage Examples

Playing guitar was one of my childhood hobbies, and I had played a little at school and at camp. My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby - nothing more.

Beware the hobby that eats.

My hobby is gardening, I love it, it's my main hobby. I like being at home and I'm very happy being in my house, I love cooking.

My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year.

I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just something that was a hobby.

The music stuff is just a hobby.

I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.

The only consistent hobby I've had is studying Spanish and French because of some delusion of grandeur to work around the world. I love sports but usually I'm looking for the next job.

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