HUNTING

hunt, hunting

(noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

hunt, hunting

(noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

search, hunt, hunting

(noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

hunting (countable and uncountable, plural huntings)

The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.

Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

(engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

(telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

Usage notes

Although hunting is technically a hypernym for fishing, fishing is generally not thought of or consider to be a type of hunting since it involves aquatic animals.

Etymology 2

Verb

hunting

present participle of hunt

Anagrams

• nuthing

Proper noun

Hunting (plural Huntings)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hunting is the 27331^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 884 individuals. Hunting is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Anagrams

• nuthing

Source: Wiktionary

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Hunt"ing, n.

Definition: The pursuit of game or of wild animals. A. Smith. Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting. Tylor.

– Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).

– Hunting cat (Zoöl.), the cheetah.

– Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth.

– Hunting dog (Zoöl.), the hyena dog.

– Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians in search of game.

– Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, and Bulge.

– Hunting leopard (Zoöl.), the cheetah.

– Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.

– Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. Gray.

– Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.

– Hunting spider (Zoöl.), a spider which hunts its prey, instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.

– Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.

HUNT

Hunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunting.] Etym: [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hin (in comp.) to seize. sq. root36. Cf. Hent.]

1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. Like a dog, he hunts in dreams. Tennyson.

2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl. 11.

3. To drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. He hunts a pack of dogs. Addison.

5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Hunt, v. i.

1. To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.

2. To seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after. He after honor hunts, I after love. Shak. To hunt counter, to trace the scent backward in hunting, as a hound to go back on one's steps. [Obs.] Shak.

Hunt, n.

1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak.

2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak.

3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.]

4. An association of huntsmen.

5. A district of country hunted over. Every landowner within the hunt. London Field.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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