Definitions for hobbies

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hobbies hob·by

Spelling: [hob-ee]

IPA: /ˈhɒb i/

Hobbies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in hobbies (bbehios).

Definitions for hobbies

noun

1. an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation:
2. a child's hobbyhorse.
3. Archaic. a small horse.
4. a small Old World falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at such small game as larks.

Idioms

1. ride a hobby, to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity. Also, ride a hobbyhorse.

Origin of hobbies

1325-75; Middle English hoby(n), probably for Robin, or Robert (cf. hob²), used as horse's name, as in dobbin

Examples for hobbies

The bottom line: we have our jobs, we work on those; we have our hobbies, we work on those; we have our bodies, we work on those.

But the true man of that type had found all hobbies fail him.

But the world, Auberon, the real world, is not run on these hobbies.

In an online bio, she describes her hobbies as running, skiing, and surfing.

Cochran knew the Major intimately, his hobbies and aversions.

My father had no hobbies and spent what little free time he had helping my Mom take care of us.

Whately was a man of hobbies, and horticulture was one of these.

Did you two engage in any hobbies or games together in your downtime?

He chooses his hobbies and “rides” them entirely on his own initiative.

But my parents also left me with a dearth of hobbies that make admissions committees salivate.