American English pronunciation

How to pronounce hunting

IPA transcription: ['hʌntɪŋ]

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Noun

  • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

  • the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

  • the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Verb

  • pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

    “Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland”

    “The dogs are running deer”

    “The Duke hunted in these woods”

  • pursue or chase relentlessly

    “The hunters traced the deer into the woods”

    “the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him”

  • chase away, with as with force

    “They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood”

  • yaw back and forth about a flight path

    “the plane's nose yawed”

  • oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

    “The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency”

  • seek, search for

    “She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them”

  • search (an area) for prey

    “The King used to hunt these forests”

Usage examples

  • Subsistence hunting and fishing are the major economic activities.
  • Collections of hunting weapons, Gothic paintings and books are stored there.
  • The most popular activities for tourists are hunting and fishing.
  • Huntington locomotive began running along the edge of the gorge near the bridge.
  • Hunting, however is allowed forest-wide including wilderness areas.
  • The Maharaja of Rewa still retained the hunting rights.
  • War, hunting, and love bring a thousand pain for one pleasure.
  • I think it's about bird hunting, but now I can see how that might be misinterpreted.
  • Today, Teller is an Inupiat village that depends on subsistence hunting and fishing.
  • The southerly extension to Huntington Beach remains unconstructed.