• (British, GA) IPA: /ˈpæs.taɪm/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːs.taɪm/

pastime (plural pastimes)

1. Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably

   Chatting is a pleasant pastime.

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     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’.

• (something which amuses) amusement, diversion, hobby, sport; See also Thesaurus:hobby

• French: passe-temps
• German: Zeitvertreib
• Italian: passatempo
• Portuguese: passatempo
• Russian: (прия́тное) времяпрепровожде́ние
• Spanish: pasatiempo

pastime (pastimes, present participle pastiming; past and past participle pastimed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself