transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhä-bē-ˌhȯrs ]
noun
Etymology: hobby small light horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, perhaps from Hobbin, nickname for Robert or Robin
Date: circa 1553
1.
a. : a figure of a horse fastened about the waist in the morris dance
b. : a dancer wearing this figure
2. obsolete : buffoon
3.
a. : a stick having an imitation horse's head at one end that a child pretends to ride
b. : rocking horse
c. : a toy horse suspended by springs from a frame
4.
a. : a topic to which one constantly reverts
b. : hobby II