Hunting is the chasing and killing of wild animals by people or other animals, for food or as a sport.
Deer hunting was banned in Scotland in 1959.
...a hunting accident.
2. uncountable noun [noun NOUN]
Hunting is the activity of searching for a particular thing.
Jobclub can help you with job hunting.
Hunting is also a combining form.
Lee has divided his time between flat-hunting and travelling.
More Synonyms of hunting
hunting in British English
(ˈhʌntɪŋ)
noun
a.
the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport
b.
(as modifier)
hunting boots
hunting lodge
▶ Related adjective: venatic
hunting in American English
(ˈhʌntɪŋ)
noun
1.
the act of a person or animal that hunts
2.
a periodic oscillation of the rotor of a synchronous electrical machine about its average position
3.
a periodic oscillation in the controlled function of any feedback control system, as a thermostat, caused by fluctuation in the control system
4.
any similar fluctuation, as of a control surface, compass, indicator, etc.
adjective
5.
of or for hunting
Word origin
ME < OE huntung
Examples of 'hunting' in a sentence
hunting
Why was it not protected from hunting by people and dogs?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Villagers resort to hunting insects for food while fields go unused.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
These are common in a region where hunting is popular.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Unemployment benefits will be conditioned on active job hunting.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The palace enveloped a modest hunting lodge.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Hunting is more popular than it has been since polling began.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is not a good thing to have a glee for killing in the world of sport hunting.
Cameron, Kenneth M Into Africa - a social history of the East African Safari (1989)
It is one of the busiest days of the year for booking holidays and hunting for new jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The scam was exposed when one employee unwittingly clocked in for a colleague who had died the night before in a hunting accident.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is hunting, one on one.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
People came hunting for weekend homes when the Cotswolds became unaffordable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Instead of hunting food, it just sits around waiting for it to float by.
The Sun (2009)
Big game hunting is a rich man's pastime.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But carnivores are used to that: it takes more than one hunting trip to catch dinner.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He showed that hunting people were more likely to solve spatial tasks at an early age and agricultural people to solve conservation tasks.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
At three months old, cubs play hunting games.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Hunting stays popular through good times and bad, he added.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They are usually still out hunting for food in the air, and they return to find their offspring gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In the 1930s it was used as a hunting lodge and was visited by royalty and landed gentry during weekend retreats.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A fourth factor is worth considering: that hunting represented one of the most vivid reminders of colonialism.
Cameron, Kenneth M Into Africa - a social history of the East African Safari (1989)
Quotations
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatableOscar Wilde
In other languages
hunting
British English: hunting /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ NOUN
Hunting is the chasing and killing of wild animals by people or other animals, for food or as a sport.
He went hunting with his father.
American English: hunting
Arabic: صَيْدٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: caça
Chinese: 打猎
Croatian: lov
Czech: lov
Danish: jagt
Dutch: jacht het jagen
European Spanish: cacería
Finnish: metsästys
French: chasse
German: Jagd
Greek: κυνήγι
Italian: caccia
Japanese: 狩り
Korean: 사냥
Norwegian: jakt
Polish: polowanie
European Portuguese: caça
Romanian: vânătoare
Russian: охота
Latin American Spanish: cacería
Swedish: jakt
Thai: การล่าสัตว์
Turkish: av
Ukrainian: полювання
Vietnamese: sự đi săn
All related terms of 'hunting'
hunt
If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
fox-hunting
Fox-hunting is a sport in which people riding horses chase a fox across the countryside . Dogs called hounds are used to find the fox.
hunting cat
→ another name for cheetah
job hunting
the activity of searching for employment
boar-hunting
the practice of hunting wild boars
flat-hunting
the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
head-hunting
the practice among certain peoples of removing the heads of slain enemies and preserving them as trophies
house-hunting
the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
hunting case
a hinged metal lid or case on a watch that protects the crystal
hunting horn
a long straight metal tube with a flared end and a cylindrical bore, used in giving signals in hunting
hunting knife
a knife used for flaying and cutting up game and sometimes for killing it
hunting lodge
a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
hunting pink
scarlet
hunting pinks
the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
hunting rifle
a gun with a long barrel used in hunting
hunting watch
a person or animal that seeks out and kills or captures game
stag hunting
the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
bargain-hunting
the act of shopping for items sold at cheap , esp discounted , prices
hunting ground
If you say that a place is a good hunting ground for something, you mean that people who have a particular interest are likely to find something that they want there.
hunting leopard
the cheetah
hunting season
the period each year when it is legal to hunt a particular animal
hunting spider
any spider of the family Lycosidae, which chase their prey to catch it
hunting instinct
Instinct is the natural tendency that a person or animal has to behave or react in a particular way.
hunt up
to search for, esp successfully
happy hunting ground
(in Native American legend ) the paradise to which a person passes after death
painted hunting dog
a mottled dog of Africa, Lycaon pictus
spider-hunting wasp
any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
hunt out
If you hunt out something that is hidden or difficult to find , you search for it and eventually find it.
drag hunt
a hunt in which hounds follow an artificial trail of scent
house-hunt
to search for a house to buy or rent
hunt down
If you hunt down a criminal or an enemy , you find them after searching for them.
still hunt
the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing
pompilid
any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
drag
If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty.
hunter
A hunter is a person who hunts wild animals for food or as a sport .
venator
a hunter
wolf spider
any spider of the family Lycosidae, which chase their prey to catch it
African wild dog
a mottled dog of Africa, Lycaon pictus
fortune hunter
a person who seeks to secure a fortune , esp through marriage
witch hunt
A witch-hunt is an attempt to find and punish a particular group of people who are being blamed for something, often simply because of their opinions and not because they have actually done anything wrong .