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hunting
[huhn-ting]
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.
hunting
/ ˈʌԳɪŋ /
noun
the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport
( as modifier )
hunting boots
hunting lodge
Other Word Forms
- antihunting noun
- nonhunting adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
This decline is due primarily to hunting for the pet trade, food, and medicinal purposes.
Police are hunting for the suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, who wore a latex mask and posed as an officer to shoot the victims at their homes in suburban Minneapolis, before escaping on foot.
Rifles and shotguns are permitted with a firearms licence or a valid hunting licence, or for members of traditional shooting clubs.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously described dog ownership - other than for the purposes of herding, hunting and security - as "reprehensible".
Or carved into furniture, wooden masks used in the Makishi ancestral masquerade - and a wooden box used to store tools when people were out hunting.
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