hunting ground

English

Noun

hunting ground (plural hunting grounds)

1. An area used for hunting.
2. (figurative) A place where people can find what they are looking for.
   • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Tell a Green Man Something”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 209:

     Yes, it was my hunting ground, and it was solid happy. Course, my home wasn't exactly in Harlem […]

3. (figurative) Synonym of stamping ground (“a place habitually frequented”)
   • 2023, Jeff Jones, Stars and Scars: The Story of Jewish Boxing in London:

     In January 1901 he fought Jerry Driscoll back on his old hunting ground of Gateshead in the North East.

Derived terms

• happy hunting ground

Related terms

• fishing ground

Translations

area for hunting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圍場／围场 (zh) (wéichǎng)

• Czech: loviště (cs) n
• Danish: jagtmark c, jagtområde n
• Dutch: jachtgebied (nl) n, jachtveld n
• Esperanto: ĉasejo
• Finnish: metsästysmaa (fi), metsästysalue
• French: terrain de chasse m
• Hungarian: vadászmező (hu)
• Italian: terreno di caccia m
• Macedonian: ло́виште n (lóvište)
• Polish: łowisko n
• Russian: охо́тничье уго́дье n (oxótničʹje ugódʹje)
• Spanish: coto de caza m
• Swedish: jaktmark (sv) c

place to find what one is looking for

• Finnish: metsästysmaa (fi)
• Polish: łowisko n
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: caladero (es) m
• Swedish: jaktmark (sv) c