Hunting

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒntɪŋ

Origin

hunt + -ing

Full definition of hunting

Noun

1. Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.
• 1797, Encyclopædia BritannicaHis pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth.
2. Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
3. (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

Verb

1. Present participle of hunt
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 6, 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.

Derived terms

• hunting ground
• job-hunting
• house-hunting