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
Words Nearby hobby
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
To come up with an experimental platform that might provide some answers, Irvine drew on one of his hobbies.
An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence | David H. Freedman | September 3, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIt’s not the hobby, it’s the people who do the hobby who make the tribe.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic? | Sujata Gupta | August 14, 2020 | Science NewsWhen asked about her hobbies outside of politics, she immediately mentions spending time with her kids, although she laughs uproariously while adding that “it’s sometimes hard to make time, which makes me probably like every other mom ever.”
Since coronavirus upended consumer behavior — people’s life, hobbies, what they care about, who they are with, is all in flux — advertisers are groping for information on new and existing audiences.
Reducing cookie reliance, The Telegraph rolls out ways to share data directly with advertisers | Lucinda Southern | July 8, 2020 | DigidayMy other hobby is that in the spring of 2019 I got into weightlifting, which is not a sentence that I ever expected myself to say.
Weight lifting is this planetary scientist’s pastime | Bryn Nelson | March 10, 2020 | Science News For Students
Also, the next hobby Lobbys, female Kurdish fighters and more.
Six Must-Read Stories About the Sony Hacks, Congo’s Forgotten Colonial Getaway and Another Woman’s Story of U-VA | The Daily Beast | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile the hobby Lobby decision may have lost its cultural appeal, it still carries weight in the federal court system.
They are for corporations like hobby Lobby, and vast hospital networks, and, yes, adoption agencies.
Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around | Jay Michaelson | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe remote controlled flying craft has gone from covert military ops to a communal backyard hobby.
If you really think about it, is this not just some grand hobby?
A strenuous worker, Mr. Johnstone, like most men who have no hobby, did not long survive his retirement from active business life.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe old fellow used to frequent the Quarter in summer, years ago—it was his hobby.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley Smithhobby horses gaily prancing, Bats and Bowls and Maypole dancing.
A Humorous History of England | C. Harrison"The Army's rotten for want of service," grumbled Williams, following out his own pet hobby.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughSpiders at present are his hobby, and the note-book is filling up with columns of small figures.
Dracula | Bram Stoker
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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