amusement

Noun

amusement (countable and uncountable, plural amusements)

1. (uncountable) Entertainment.
   • To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.
   • This is some form of amusement you're talking about.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 234a
2. (countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
   • "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
   • His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter might have been envied by a Swammerdamm.1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug

   Synonyms:

   avocation, diversion, divertisement, fancy, hobby, kill-time, pastime, pursuit, sport