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English Dictionary: hobby by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hobby
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobby
n
  1. an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
  2. a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride
    Synonym(s): hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse
  3. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
    Synonym(s): hobby, Falco subbuteo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobby \Hob"by\, n.; pl. {Hobbies}. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe,
      hob[82], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober
      to move, stir. Cf. {Hobby} a horse.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small, strong-winged European falcon ({Falco subbuteo}),
      formerly trained for hawking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      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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