Definition of 'hunting'
1. uncountable noun
2. uncountable noun [noun NOUN]
Hunting is the activity of searching for a particular thing.
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hunting in American English
noun
1.
the act of a person or animal that hunts
2.
3.
a periodic oscillation in the controlled function of any feedback control system, as a thermostat, caused by fluctuation in the control system
adjective
5.
of or for hunting
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hunting
British English: hunting
/ˈhʌntɪŋ/ NOUN
Hunting is the chasing and killing of wild animals by people or other animals, for food or as a sport.
He went hunting with his father.
- American English: hunting
- Arabic: صَيْدٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: caça
- Chinese: 打猎
- Croatian: lov
- Czech: lov
- Danish: jagt
- Dutch: jacht het jagen
- European Spanish: cacería
- Finnish: metsästys
- French: chasse
- German: Jagd
- Greek: κυνήγι
- Italian: caccia
- Japanese: 狩り
- Korean: 사냥
- Norwegian: jakt
- Polish: polowanie
- European Portuguese: caça
- Romanian: vânătoare
- Russian: охота
- Latin American Spanish: cacería
- Swedish: jakt
- Thai: การล่าสัตว์
- Turkish: av
- Ukrainian: полювання
- Vietnamese: sự đi săn
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