pastime
nounAn activity that occupies one’s spare time pleasantly.
nounSport; amusement; diversion; that which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably.
nounSynonyms Pastime, Amusement, Recreation, Diversion, Entertainment, play. The italicized words keep near to their meaning by derivation. The central idea of a pastime is that it is so positively agreeable that it lets time slip by unnoticed: as, to turn work into pastime. Amusement has the double meaning of being kept from ennui and of finding occasion of mirth (see
To pass the time agreeably; sport; use diversion.
nounThat which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
intransitive verbTo sport; to amuse one’s self.
nounThat which
To sport; to amuse oneself.
nouna diversion that occupies one’s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)