hunting

Definition

  • noun: the activity or sport of chasing and killing wild animals
  • noun: the act of one that 'hunts'
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: hawking, analog process, angling

Examples

  • They retained a 'head-hunting' firm to fill the position of chief executive officer.

  • We 'went hunting' for bear. = We 'went' bear-'hunting'.

  • The law prohibits the 'hunting' of migratory birds.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I think we have hawks to equal that one. Here. Bring up Long Claw. Look, nowthere's a hunting bird. You again. Whose bird is that? It's mine. A slave with a hunting hawk? I found her frozen to a tree. (..)
    1958 The Vikings