(~s)
1.
If you say that a person or group has a ~ for something, you mean that they enjoy it very much or spend a lot of time on it.
It seemed to some observers that the English had a ~ for travelling...
...Mozart ~.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N for n/-ing, n N
2.
Mania is a mental illness which causes the sufferer to become very worried or concerned about something.
...the treatment of ~...
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl