English Dictionary
◊ HOBBY
hobby
n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: {avocation}, {by-line}, {sideline},
{spare-time activity}]
2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horsehead on
one end of a stick; the child straddles it an pretends to
ride [syn: {hobbyhorse}, {rocking horse}, {cockhorse}, {stick
horse}]
3: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small
birds [syn: {Falco subbuteo}]