About The Word Hobby
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Hobby
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What's The Definition Of Hobby?
[n] an auxiliary activity
[n] small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [n] a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horsehead on one end of a stick; the child straddles it and pretends to ride Synonyms | Synonyms for Hobby: avocation | by-line | cockhorse | Falco subbuteo | hobbyhorse | rocking horse | sideline | spare-time activity | stick horse Related Terms | Find terms related to Hobby: See Also | Falco | falcon | genus Falco | interest | pastime | plaything | pursuit | rocker | spelaeology | speleology | toy Hobby In Webster's Dictionary \Hob"by\, n.; pl. {Hobbies}. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe,
hob['e], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober
to move, stir. Cf. {Hobby} a horse.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small, strong-winged European falcon ({Falco subbuteo}),
formerly trained for hawking.
\Hob"by\, Hobbyhorse \Hob"by*horse`\, n. [OE. hobin a nag, OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh. akin to E. hop to jump.] 1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. --Johnson. 2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form {hobbyhorse}.] 3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion. [Usually under the form {hobby}.] Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay. |
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