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'll be going to sleep now. Right. So tell me, Cormac, do you see anything of your uncle Tiberius these days? Yes, sir, in fact I'm meant to get hunting with him and the Minister of Magic over the holidays. Oh, well, be sure to give them both my best. And what about (..)
    2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince