hunting

/həntɪŋ/

/ˈhʌntɪŋ/

Other forms: huntings

Definitions of hunting

1. noun

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
   synonyms: hunt, search

   types:

   exploration

   a careful systematic search

   forage, foraging

   the act of searching for food and provisions

   frisk, frisking

   the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs

   looking, looking for

   the act of searching visually

   manhunt

   an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)

   quest, seeking

   the act of searching for something

   ransacking, rummage

   a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

   scouring

   moving over territory to search for something

   shakedown

   a very thorough search of a person or a place

   strip search

   searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes

   probe

   an exploratory action or expedition

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
2. noun

   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
   synonyms: hunt

   types:

   battue

   a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter

   beagling

   hunting rabbits with beagles

   coursing

   hunting with dogs (usually greyhounds) that are trained to chase game (such as hares) by sight instead of by scent

   deer hunt, deer hunting

   hunting deer

   duck hunting, ducking

   hunting ducks

   fox hunting, foxhunt

   mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox

   pigsticking

   the sport of hunting wild boar with spears

   type of:

   field sport, outdoor sport

   a sport that is played outdoors

   blood sport

   sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)
3. noun

   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
   synonyms: hunt

   types:

   canned hunt

   a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections

   stalk, stalking, still hunt

   a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

   birdnesting

   hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs

   predation

   the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

   deerstalking

   stalking deer

   type of:

   labor, labour, toil

   productive work (especially physical work done for wages)