hobby

noun5

1. •
   a favorite way of spending free time, such as painting, cooking or growing plants

   • I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
2. •
   Painting and building miniatures (as opposed to playing the game)

   • I'm more into the competitive part than the hobby part of this game.
3. •
   Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

   • He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary. — 2011
4. •
   Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
5. •
   An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.