hunting
/ˈhʌntɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "a hunting rifle with a high-powered scope"
- "His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth."
- "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."
- "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."