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hobby

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As a noun, hobby means an activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

Meanings of hobby

5 meanings

noun

  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. horsesAn extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby

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

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

    Similar: hobbyhorse, rocking horse
  5. Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birdsanimal

    Similar: Falco subbuteo

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: an auxiliary activity
noun: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse moun…
hobbyhorserocking horse
noun: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at smal…
Falco subbuteo

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