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pastime | x |

As a noun pastime

is that which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games.

As a verb pastime

is (obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

pastime

English

(wikipedia pastime)

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games.
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  • *: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’.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement * diversion * hobby * sport

    External links

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    Verb

  • (obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself

    • Derived terms

    * pastimer * pastiming

    Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----