hunting
pronunciation
How to pronounce hunting in British English:
UK [ˈhʌntɪŋ]
How to pronounce hunting in American English:
US [ˈhʌntɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Word Origin
- hunting (n.)
- Old English huntung, verbal noun from hunt (v.). Bartlett (1848) notes it as the word commonly used by sportsmen in the Southern states of the U.S. where in the North they use gunning.
Example
- 1. For exoplanet hunting that is not quite good enough .
- 2. Two blonde men were in the woods hunting .
- 3. I 'm hunting for invisible space monkeys . Have you seen any ?
- 4. Recent research shows they avoid humans by hunting at night .
- 5. The hunting is a very solitary practice .