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Antonyms for hobby

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hob-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒb i

Definition of hobby

Origin :
  • late 13c., hobyn, "small horse, pony," later "mock horse used in the morris dance," and c.1550 "child's toy riding horse," which led to hobby-horse in a transferred sense of "favorite pastime or avocation," first recorded 1670s, shortened to hobby by 1816. The connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere." Probably originally a proper name for a horse (cf. dobbin), a diminutive of Robert or Robin. The original hobbyhorse was a "Tourney Horse," a wooden or basketwork frame worn around the waist and held on with shoulder straps, with a fake tail and horse head attached, so the wearer appears to be riding a horse. These were part of church and civic celebrations at Midsummer and New Year's throughout England.
  • noun pleasurable pastime
Example sentences :
  • But her interest in his hobby for once failed to awaken his enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Is it to be a commercial union, this hobby of your minister here?
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • "Because the solution of such matters is a hobby of his," Wrayson answered.
  • Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • She mentions it to everybody; it's a sort of hobby of hers, like my humble self, and the roses.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • My two years at lectures had not been passed in vain, and surgery had been my hobby.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
  • As for himself, he had got on very well without any special inclination or hobby.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • That is the hobby of all diplomatists; they like people to believe that they are omniscient.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Alienists declare that almost every man and woman has some hobby or mania.
  • Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
  • And no man of spirit would think of seeking to curb his hobby's gallop.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • The cook might well be careworn, for cookery was the Major's hobby.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for hobby

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