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hunting

[ huhn-ting ]

noun

  1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.
  2. Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.


adjective

  1. of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting:

    a hunting cap.

hunting

/ ˈʌԳɪŋ /

noun

  1. venatic
    1. the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport
    2. ( as modifier )

      hunting lodge

      hunting boots

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • t·ܲԳiԲ noun adjective
  • ԴDz·ܲԳiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hunting1

before 950; Middle English huntung (noun), Old English huntung ( e ). See hunt, -ing 1, -ing 2
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The thousands of claims tell the story of a county government that did little to screen for abusers, allowing a sprawling network of facilities for young people to become hunting grounds for predators.

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But while there are millions of hackers registered on the key platforms, Inti De Ceukelaire, chief hacking officer at Intigriti, says the number hunting on a daily or weekly basis is "tens of thousands."

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They were on the run after their car caught fire two days earlier and the police were hunting for them because they had found a placenta on the back seat.

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He began hunting down old recipes, stripping out the synthetic flavors and, like Yeh, reimagining them with herbs, citrus and whole fruit.

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"The joy of fossil hunting is finding something nothing else has seen for millions of years," she added.

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