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hunting definition
Overview
This page has 5 definitions of hunting in English. Hunting is a noun and verb. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
See also: Hunting
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.
Noun
hunting (countable and uncountable, plural huntings)
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- 1797, Encyclopædia Britannica
- His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth.
- 1797, Encyclopædia Britannica
- Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
- 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136:
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
Usage notes
Although hunting is technically a hypernym for fishing, fishing is generally not thought of or consider to be a type of hunting since it involves aquatic animals.
Derived terms
- asteroid-hunting
- fox hunting
- house-hunting
- hunting ground
- job-hunting
- planet-hunting
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
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looking for something
fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing
Further reading
Etymology 2
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.
Verb
hunting
- present participle of hunt
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[1]:
- Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.