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

  • (..) You'll be safe here tonight. I hope. So you are the one they call Oakenshield. Tell me... ...why is Azog... ...the Defiler hunting you? You know of Azog? How? My people were the first to live in the mountains... ...before the Ores came down (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug