pastime
/ˈpæs.taɪm/ · past·ime
noun
- Something which amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably. Chatting is a pleasant pastime.
verb
- To sport; to amuse oneself. On rainy afternoons, the children pastime by building forts out of blankets.
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Did you know? The word 'pastime' was famously used in the title of the 19th‑century novel 'The Pastime of the Gods', helping to cement its modern sense of a pleasant hobby.