Definitions for hunting
ˈhʌn tɪŋhunt·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hunt, hunting(noun)

   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

2. search, hunt, hunting(noun)

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

3. hunt, hunting(noun)

   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hunting(Noun)

   Chasing and killing animals for sport or to get food.

2. hunting(Noun)

   Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.

   After I finish house hunting I'll have to go job hunting as well.

3. hunting(Noun)

   Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hunting

   of Hunt

2. Hunting(noun)

   the pursuit of game or of wild animals

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1. Hunting

   Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living organism, usually wildlife or feral animals, by humans for food, recreation, or trade. Animals may also hunt other animal species, but this is usually called predation. In present-day use, lawful hunting is distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law. The species that are hunted are referred to as game and are usually mammals and migratory or non-migratory gamebirds. Hunting can also involve the elimination of vermin, as a means of pest control to prevent diseases caused by overpopulation. Hunting advocates state that hunting can be a necessary component of modern wildlife management, for example, to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment's ecological carrying capacity when natural checks such as predators are absent. In the United States, wildlife managers are frequently part of hunting regulatory and licensing bodies, where they help to set rules on the number, manner and conditions in which game may be hunted. The pursuit, capture and release, or capture for food of fish is called fishing, which is not commonly categorised as a form of hunting. Trapping is also usually considered a separate activity. It is also not considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to kill them, as in wildlife photography or birdwatching. The practice of foraging or gathering materials from plants and mushrooms is also considered separate.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hunting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3267

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hunting' in Nouns Frequency: #1996

How to pronounce hunting?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hunting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hunting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hunting in a Sentence

1. Xiao Shijun:

   Investors are still bargain-hunting for blue-chips and the news of mortgage policy also lifted the property sector.

2. Megan Fahrenbruch:

   Sidney’s mom, Megan Fahrenbruch, told the station. SCIENTISTS FIND POSSIBLE CLUE TO ANCIENT' GHOST SPECIES' OF HUMANS Bonday, who has no experience monster hunting, still agreed to help. He went to the Megan Fahrenbruch home Sunday and helped Sidney investigate. Megan Fahrenbruch just checked under the couch, but he wanted to make sure there were n’t any under the couch cushions, and then they ended up going in the front yard to make sure there was no monster activity in the front yard.

3. Hiroaki Mino:

   Today's market shows that investors are concerned about the global economic outlook, we can't tell if the market has hit the bottom because it's difficult to predict companies' valuations. Once there is any indication on how much impact a China's slowdown will have on companies' earnings, bargain hunting may kick in.

4. Kyosuke Suzuki:

   The market has witnessed this before - it remembers the brinkmanship during the Greek debt negotiations of 2011. There are only nine trading days left until the Feb. 28 deadline but some see that as enough time. Thus we are not seeing the euro sold in panic, on the other hand tail risk is definitely rising. This is limiting bargain-hunting of the euro by short-term players and the currency will remain under selling pressure.

5. Mike Chase:

   The variation in the timing, space use, age and sex of problem elephants suggest hunting will have a limited effect on solving human-elephant conflict.

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