Another word for hobby
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- An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
- An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
- An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime:
- A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules:
- A single instance of such an activity:
- The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
- Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
- Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
- Enjoyment; amusement:
- A source of enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure:
- To speak or act facetiously; joke or fool.
- Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
- Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
- An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.
- The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search.
- An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat:
- An inquest.
- The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased.
- Something that amuses, entertains, or pleases.
- An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
- Such activities considered as a group:
- A usually challenging activity undertaken for amusement:
- To cause to become mentally deranged or obsessed.
- To produce a network of fine cracks in the surface or glaze of.
- To become mentally deranged or obsessed.
- To occupy oneself in an activity for amusement or recreation:
- To take part in a sport or game:
- To participate in betting; gamble.
- work done for personal satisfaction or altruistic reasons rather than for material gain
- An unusual, unexpected, or fanciful idea; a whim.
- Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed.
- Refreshment of body or mind; recreation:
- A loosening or slackening.
- An impulsive change of mind:
- An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
- A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
- Highly decorated:
- Complex or intricate:
- Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated:
- A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
- A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.
- Arbitrary thought or impulse:
- A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.
- A special pursuit, occupation, aptitude, or skill:
- A branch of medicine or surgery, such as cardiology or neurosurgery, in which a physician specializes; the field or practice of a specialist.
- An item or product of a distinctive kind or of particular superiority:
- A line along either of the two sides of a playing court or field, marking its limits.
- The space outside such limits, occupied by coaches, inactive players, and spectators.
- The position or point of view of those who observe rather than participate in an activity:
- The act or an instance of diverting or turning aside; deviation.
- Something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains.
- A maneuver that draws the attention of an opponent away from a planned point of action, especially as part of military strategy.
- An activity that occupies one's spare time pleasantly:
- An activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment; a hobby.
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