- an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- a child's hobbyhorse.
- a small horse.
- to concern oneself excessively with a favorite notion or activity.
- a small Old World falcon, Falco subbuteo, formerly flown at such small game as larks.
- U.S. newspaper publisher and government official: first director of Women's Army Corps 1942–45; first Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1953–55.
- an activity pursued in spare time for pleasure or relaxation
- a small horse or pony
- short for hobbyhorse (def. 1)
- an early form of bicycle, without pedals
- any of several small Old World falcons, esp the European Falco subbuteo, formerly used in falconry
