hobby
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
an activity that you enjoy doing in your free time because it interests you, not because someone pays you for it
Photography began as a hobby and slowly turned into his job.
Building model trains is an expensive hobby, but he loves it.
After she retired, she took up baking as a hobby.
Half the class said their only hobby was playing computer games.
Common collocations: take up a hobby · have a hobby · an expensive hobby · a favourite hobby · as a hobby · turn a hobby into a job
Part of: Games and hobbies
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C2
a small fast falcon with long pointed wings that catches insects and small birds while flying
A hobby chased dragonflies above the reeds until it grew dark.
Birdwatchers came from far away to see a pair of hobbies.
The hobby is smaller and slimmer than most other falcons.
Common collocations: a pair of hobbies · a hunting hobby · spot a hobby
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- hobbies