hunting
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hunting¹
- /ˈhʌntɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʌntɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.
noun 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. a hunting rifle with a high-powered scope
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize. Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nature of the motion, only its intensity.
- The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
hunting²
- /ˈhʌntɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ʌntɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of hunt 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.
Hunting³
proper noun Huntings
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: search, searching, hunter, manhunt, poaching, toilet, trap, hooded, harvest, harvesting, safari, jock, foraging, flushing, trapping, caribou
Translations
Every language
noun chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
| Español | caza, cacería, cinegética, montería, cazata |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사냥 sanyang |
| 日本語 | 狩猟 |
| 中文 | 狩獵 /狩猎 shòuliè |
| हिन्दी | आखेट ākheṭ |
| Kiswahili | uwindo |
| Português | caça |
| Français | chasse, vènerie |
| Deutsch | Jagd, Aalen |
| Italiano | caccia |
| Ελληνικά | κυνήγι kynígi, θήρα thíra |
| Română | vânătoare |
| Русский | охо́та oxóta |
| العربية | صَيْد ṣayd |
| עברית | ציד tsáyid |
Talk about this word "hunting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hunting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hunting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hunting "hunting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hunting.Cite this
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title = {hunting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hunting},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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