big gamenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌbɪɡ ˈɡeɪm/us/ˌbɪɡ ˈɡeɪm/large wild animals that are hunted and shot for sport
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- bite
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- hunted
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Examples from literature
- In his youth the man had been a hunter of big game.
- It seemed to him very curious in a hard-bitten hunter of big game.
- The country was now becoming densely wooded and he was constantly encountering signs of big game.
- They could hear the big game crashing among the cedars.
- When a big game hunter tells you about having stalked tigers, ask him if he has ever stalked a machine gun to its lair.