pastime

== English == === Alternative forms === passtime, pass-time (both obsolete) === Etymology === From earlier passtime, pass-time, from Middle English passe tyme, passetyme, calque of Middle French passetemps. === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæs.taɪm/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/ === Noun === pastime (plural pastimes) Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably. Synonyms: kill-time; see also Thesaurus:hobby ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with past-time, which has a different meaning. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “pastime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Verb === pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed) (intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself. ==== Derived terms ==== pastimer pastiming ==== See also ==== timepass === Anagrams === impaste, site map, sitemap