pastime en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæs.taɪm/ (General-American, UK)
- /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps.
Meanings
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Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:Chatting is a pleasant pastime.
And your pastimes, consisted of the strange And twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called "Crying Lightning"
2009, Alex Turner, “Crying Lightning”, in Humbug (album), performed by Arctic Monkeys:[…]lax court morals and the absurd chivalry business were in full feather, and the joust and the tournament were the frequent pastime of titled fine gentlemen who could fight better than they could spell...
1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:Nor would there be an opportunity for the media's favorite pastime of exposing conflict among his advisors.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 398:Hunting and fishing, the most important employments of mankind in the rude state of society, become in its advanced state their most agreeable amusements, and they pursue for pleasure what they once followed from necessity. In the advanced state of society, therefore, they are all very poor people who follow as a trade what other people pursue as a pastime.
1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pastimes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| passtime | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| pass-time | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Synonyms
fancy · hobby · avocation · pastime · amusement · pursuit · kill-time · kill-time · sport · divertisement · diversion
Translations (56)
pdc Zeitverdreib (that which amuses) · cmn 消遣 (that which amuses) · tr meşgale (that which amuses) · cs zábava (that which amuses) · el διασκέδαση (that which amuses) · sv förströelse (that which amuses) · ru увеселе́ние (that which amuses) · ga spórt (that which amuses) · he בילוי (that which amuses) · sv tidsfördriv (that which amuses) · nl tijdverdrijf (that which amuses) · gd caitheamh-aimsire (that which amuses) · it passatempo (that which amuses) · bg развлечение (that which amuses) · ru времяпрепровожде́ние (that which amuses) · cmn 娛樂 /娱乐 (that which amuses) · fr passe-temps (that which amuses) · nn tidsfordriv (that which amuses) · fo dagdvølja (that which amuses) · cs kratochvíle (that which amuses) · eo amuzaĵo (that which amuses) · ru заба́ва (that which amuses) · ro distracție (that which amuses) · de Zeitvertreib (that which amuses) · pl rozrywka (that which amuses) · tl palipas-oras (that which amuses) · ta பொழுதுபோக்கு (that which amuses) · tr hobi (that which amuses) · el αναψυχή (that which amuses) · grc διατριβή (that which amuses) · la oblectāmen (that which amuses) · fi huvi (that which amuses) · mi runaruna (that which amuses) · gd cur-seachad (that which amuses) · la ludus (that which amuses) · la oblectāmentum (that which amuses) · nl hobby (that which amuses) · sa देवना (that which amuses) · fi ajanviete (that which amuses) · ca passatemps (that which amuses) · bg забавление (that which amuses) · es pasatiempo (that which amuses) · ga caitheamh aimsire (that which amuses) · is dægradvöl (that which amuses) · hu időtöltés (that which amuses) · ja 娯楽 (that which amuses) · nl ontspanning (that which amuses) · fa سرگرمی (that which amuses) · nb tidsfordriv (that which amuses) · uk розвага (that which amuses) · hy ժամանց (that which amuses) · pt passatempo (that which amuses) · ru развлече́ние (that which amuses) · is dægrastytting (that which amuses) · fi viihdyke (that which amuses) · tr eğlence (that which amuses)