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

  • (..) no stepping on your foot. Well, I think I'll get saddled up and go looking for a woman. Good hunting. Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I'm not picky... as long as she's smart, pretty... (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid