hunting

[ huhn-ting ]

/ ˈhʌn tɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.

Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.

adjective

of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting: a hunting cap.

Origin of hunting

before 950; Middle English huntung (noun), Old English huntung(e). See hunt, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM hunting

an·ti·hunt·ing, noun, adjective non·hunt·ing, adjective

Words nearby hunting

hunter's sauce, hunter's syndrome, hunter-gatherer, hunter-killer, hunter-killer satellite, hunting, hunting and gathering societies, hunting box, hunting case, hunting cat, hunting chair

Definition for hunting (2 of 2)

hunt

[ huhnt ]

/ hʌnt /

verb (used with object)

to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.

to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down): They hunted him down and hanged him.

to search for; seek; endeavor to obtain or find (often followed by up or out): to hunt up the most promising candidates for the position.

to search (a place) thoroughly.

to scour (an area) in pursuit of game.

to use or direct (a horse, hound, etc.) in chasing game.

Change Ringing. to alter the place of (a bell) in a hunt.

verb (used without object)

to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.

to make a search or quest (often followed by for or after).

Change Ringing. to alter the place of a bell in its set according to certain rules.

noun

an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.

a search; a seeking or endeavor to find.

a pursuit.

a group of persons associated for the purpose of hunting; an association of hunters.

an area hunted over.

Change Ringing. a regularly varying order of permutations in the ringing of a group of from five to twelve bells.

Origin of hunt

before 1000; (v.) Middle English hunten, Old English huntian, derivative of hunta hunter, akin to hentan to pursue; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR hunt

1 pursue, track.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hunt

hunt·a·ble, adjective hunt·ed·ly, adverb out·hunt, verb (used with object) o·ver·hunt, verb (used with object)

un·hunt·a·ble, adjective un·hunt·ed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for hunting

Viscount Mandeville, like many British aristocrats, had met her in the U.S. while “hunting” for an American wife.

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Does wildlife campaigner Prince Charles's hunting habit make him a hypocrite?

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With delisting, relaxed regulations, and hunting quotas, you might add in another one or two hundred dead grizzlies.

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Other human practices, like the hunting and consumption of wild animals for food, provide other opportunities for spillover.

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Officials are hunting for the pilot—and ways to fight a growing problem.

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That was a time of uncommon interest and excitement to the entire Nez Percé hunting village.

Two Arrows |William O. Stoddard
Robinson put a couple of nuts in his hunting bag, and also the shells from the broken nuts.

An American Robinson Crusoe |Samuel. B. Allison
As a rule, however, Mr. Mabie did not believe in hunting such animals save in the fall of the year.

The Outdoor Chums After Big Game |Captain Quincy Allen
This was Armand Griffin, whose family resided at Natchez, while he engaged in the laborious but profitable business of hunting.

The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam |John Frost
Thereafter he devoted himself to writing, chiefly for the Quarterly Review, and to hunting.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for hunting (1 of 3)

hunting

/ (ˈhʌntɪŋ) /

noun

the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport
(as modifier)hunting boots; hunting lodge

Related adjective: venatic

British Dictionary definitions for hunting (2 of 3)

hunt

/ (hʌnt) /

verb

to seek out and kill or capture (game or wild animals) for food or sport

(intr often foll by for) to look (for); search (for) to hunt for a book; to hunt up a friend

(tr) to use (hounds, horses, etc) in the pursuit of wild animals, game, etc to hunt a pack of hounds

(tr) to search or draw (country) to hunt wild animals, game, etc to hunt the parkland

(tr often foll by down) to track or chase diligently, esp so as to capture to hunt down a criminal

(tr; usually passive) to persecute; hound

(intr) (of a gauge indicator, engine speed, etc) to oscillate about a mean value or position

(intr) (of an aircraft, rocket, etc) to oscillate about a flight path

noun

the act or an instance of hunting

chase or search, esp of animals or game

the area of a hunt

a party or institution organized for the pursuit of wild animals or game, esp for sport

the participants in or members of such a party or institution

in the hunt informal having a chance of success that result keeps us in the hunt See also hunt down, hunt up

Derived forms of hunt

huntedly, adverb

Word Origin for hunt

Old English huntian; related to Old English hentan, Old Norse henda to grasp

British Dictionary definitions for hunting (3 of 3)

Hunt

/ (hʌnt) /

noun

Henry, known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)

(William) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)

James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976

(Henry Cecil) John, Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)

(James Henry) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley

Idioms and Phrases with hunting

hunt

see happy hunting ground; high and low, (hunt); run with (the hare, hunt with the hounds).

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