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Noun: hobby  hó-bee
  1. An auxiliary activity
    - avocation, by-line, 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
    - hobbyhorse, rocking horse
     
  3. Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
    - Falco subbuteo

Derived forms: hobbies

Type of: falcon, interest, pastime, plaything, pursuit, toy

Part of: Falco, genus Falco

Encyclopedia: Hobby, William