How to pronounce hobby
American English pronunciation
HAH-bee
- IPA
- /ˈhɑbi/
- Syllables
- HAH · bee (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hobby means
Most people know hobby in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A small, fast falcon
In a sentence: A hobby swooped low over the meadow and snatched a dragonfly out of the air.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old French name for this bird. It is a different word from hobby, a pastime, which grew out of an old word for a small horse.
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