HUNTING Definition & Meaning

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hunting

[ huhn-ting ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.
Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.

hunting

/ ˈ��ʌ�Գ�ɪŋ /

venatic
1. the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport
2. ( as modifier )
  hunting lodge
  hunting boots

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Origin of hunting¹

before 950; Middle English huntung (noun), Old English huntung ( e ). See hunt, -ing ¹, -ing ²

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Under Indian wildlife laws, accidental or targeted dolphin killings are treated as "hunting" and carry strict penalties.

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Rare 16th Century wall paintings have been revealed at a former Tudor hunting lodge.

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Witnesses at his trial testified he waged a campaign of terror, hunting rivals and sometimes killing indiscriminately.

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His key strategy seems to be using dead bodies as duck decoys, hunting whoever cares about his latest corpse.

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The individual told police he was out hunting.

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