pastime
Use Pastime in a sentence
noun
something that serves to make time pass agreeably; a pleasant means of amusement, recreation, or sport: to play cards as a pastime.
Origin:
1480–90; earlier pas(s)e tyme, translation of Middle French passe-temps
1480–90; earlier pas(s)e tyme, translation of Middle French passe-temps
Synonyms
entertainment, hobby, diversion, avocation.
entertainment, hobby, diversion, avocation.
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| an activity or entertainment which makes time pass pleasantly: golf is my favourite pastime | |
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Pastime
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
pastime
1489, passe tyme "recreation, diversion, amusement, sport," formed on model of M.Fr. passe-temps (15c.), from passe, imper. of passer "to pass" + temps "time."
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Example sentences
His main pastime seems to be playing penny slots in the wee hours of the morning.
Because corruption is the national pastime and the true system of government.
That's a myth, say physicists studying the national pastime.
But our favorite pastime was spying on what was happening inside the clinic.
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