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shikar

[ shi-kahr ]

noun

  1. the hunting of game for sport.


verb (used with or without object)

shikarred, shikarring.
  1. to hunt.

shikar

/ ʃɪˈ°ìÉ‘Ë /

noun

  1. hunting, esp big-game hunting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to hunt (game, esp big game)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of shikar1

1600–10; < Urdu < Persian
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of shikar1

C17: via Urdu from Persian
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Karakaya and his company, Shikar Safaris, are favored by the Mongolian president’s office to facilitate trophy hunting in Mongolia, said Sukh, the argali expert.

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The batsmen most exhibiting this tendency, Rohit Sharma and Shikar Dhawan, were those who struggled most in this series, and the selectors’ patience with the former might again have run out.

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Israeli industrial designer Kobi Shikar has come up with the concept of a parcel delivery drone that will never get off the ground - and that's just fine with him.

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It's a compromise, Shikar believes, between the need for speedy delivery and the dangers of flying drones encroaching on commercial airspace.

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Using a balancing mechanism similar to the one that keeps a Segway upright, Transwheel drones could be programed, Shikar believes, to work as a group to carry large loads.

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