Meanings
hunting1
plural huntings
- countableuncountableThe act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
a hunting rifle with a high-powered scope
1 more example
His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth.
1797, Encyclopædia Britannica - countableuncountableengineeringFluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nature of the motion, only its intensity.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136 - countableuncountablecommunicationsThe process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
hunting2
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hunt
Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Hunting3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
nounthe activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
nounthe work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
hunting · noun
- Old Englishhuntung
- Middle Englishhunting
- Englishhunting
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →hunting · verb
- Middle Englishhuntinde
- Middle Englishhuntynge
- Englishhunting
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κυνηγέσιον, θηρευτική
- κυνηγέσιον (kunēgésion)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- θηρευτική (thēreutikḗ)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- εὔθηρος (eúthēros)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Arabic صَيْد
- صَيْد (ṣayd)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Bulgarian лов
- лов (lov)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Catalan caça
- caçachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Chinese Mandarin 狩獵 /狩猎
- 狩獵 /狩猎 (shòuliè)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Czech lov
- lovchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Esperanto ĉasado
- ĉasadochasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Finnish metsästys, pyynti
- metsästyschasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- pyyntichasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
French chasse, vènerie
- chassechasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- vèneriechasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- chasselooking for something
German Jagd, Aalen
- Jagdchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- Aalenchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Greek κυνήγι, θήρα
- κυνήγι (kynígi)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- θήρα (thíra)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- άγρα (ágra)looking for something
- αναζήτηση (anazítisi)looking for something
Hebrew ציד, מצוד
- ציד (tsáyid)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- מצוד (matsód)looking for something
- חיפוש (khipús)looking for something
Hindi आखेट
- आखेट (ākheṭ)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Irish fiach, sealgaireacht
- fiachchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- sealgaireachtchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- seilgchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- lorgaireachtlooking for something
Italian caccia, caccia
- cacciachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- caccialooking for something
Japanese 狩猟
- 狩猟chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Korean 사냥
- 사냥 (sanyang)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Latin vēnātiō
- vēnātiōchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Māori whakangaunga, rapunga
- whakangaungachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- rapungalooking for something
- rapurapungalooking for something
- kimihangalooking for something
Polish polowanie
- polowaniechasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Portuguese caça
- caçachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Romanian vânătoare
- vânătoarechasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Russian охо́та, по́иски
- охо́та (oxóta)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- по́иски (póiski)looking for something
Spanish caza, cacería
- cazachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- caceríachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- cinegéticachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- monteríachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- cazatachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
- cazalooking for something
- búsquedalooking for something
Swahili uwindo
- uwindochasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Swedish jakt
- jaktchasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Tamil வேட்டை
- வேட்டை (vēṭṭai)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Turkish avlama
- avlamachasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Ukrainian полювання
- полювання (poljuvannja)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Urdu شِکار
- شِکار (śikār)chasing and killing animals for sport or to use its parts
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
hunting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting
“hunting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hunting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunting.
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