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 (he) (tsáyid) m
• Irish: fiach (ga) m, sealgaireacht (ga) f, seilg (ga) f

• Italian: caccia (it) f
• Polish: polowanie n
• Portuguese: caça (pt) f
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: càssa

  Logudorese Sardinian: zera, catza

• Sassarese Sardinian: catza
• 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 (he) (matsód) m, חיפוש (he) (khipús) m

• Irish: lorgaireacht (ga) f
• Italian: caccia (it)

Verb

hunting

1. Present participle of hunt.

Derived terms

• hunting ground
• job-hunting
• house-hunting

See also

• Hunting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia