ghoom

See also: Ghoom

English

Etymology

From Hindi घूमना (ghūmnā, “to wander, turn”).

Verb

ghoom (third-person singular simple present ghooms, present participle ghooming, simple past and past participle ghoomed)

1. (India, dated, intransitive) To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
   • 1905, Alexander Inglis Robertson Glasfurd, Rifle and Romance in the Indian Jungle, page 86:

     Once more we ghoomed. Turning northward this time, it was the eastern portion of the plateau that we faced, rather rougher country than on the side we had lately traversed, […]

   • 1953, Olive Smythies, Tiger Lady: Adventures in the Indian Jungle, page 222:

     On off days we went ghooming in the forests and savannahs swarming with game, and picked up various sorts of deer and another leopard.

Noun

ghoom (plural ghooms)

1. (India, dated) A hunt of this kind.
   • 1928, The Hoghunters' Annual, page 67:

     A ghoom, too, is often an excellent time for a spear to take on and hunt a pig alone.