'Hobby' definitions:

Definition of 'hobby'

From: WordNet
noun
An auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
noun
A child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [syn: hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse]
noun
Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds [syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo]

Definition of 'Hobby'

From: GCIDE
  • Hobby \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.] (Zool.) A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking. Hobby

Definition of 'Hobby'

From: GCIDE
  • Hobby \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hobby'

From: GCIDE
  • Hobby \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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