hunting

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Etymology

hunt +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌntɪŋ

Noun

hunting (uncountable)

1. Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.
2. Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

   After I finish house hunting I'll have to go job hunting as well.

3. (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

Translations

chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food

Arabic: صيد (ar) (Sayd) Armenian: որս (hy) (ors) Czech: lov (cs) m. Esperanto: ĉasado (eo) Finnish: metsästys (fi) French: chasse (fr) f., vènerie (fr) f. German: Jagd (de) f.

Greek: κυνήγι (el) (kynígi) n., θήρα (el) (thíra) f. Hebrew: ציד (tsáyid) m. Italian: caccia (it) f. Polish: polowanie n. Portuguese: caça (pt) f. Swahili: uwindo (sw) Tamil: வேட்டை (ta) (vaettai)

looking for something

French: chasse (fr) f. Greek: άγρα (el) (ágra) f., αναζήτηση (el) (anazítisi) f.

Hebrew: מצוד (matsód) m., חיפוש (khipús) m.

Verb

hunting

1. Present participle of hunt.

Derived terms

• hunting ground
• job-hunting
• house-hunting

See also

• Hunting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia