ghoom
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
Indian usage; Dated; Intransitive verb
name
Alternative form of Ghum, West Bengal.
Example Sentences
- "Once more we ghoomed. Turning northward this time, it was the eastern portion of the plateau that we faced, rather rougher country than on the side we had lately traversed, […]"
- "On off days we went ghooming in the forests and savannahs swarming with game, and picked up various sorts of deer and another leopard."
- "A ghoom, too, is often an excellent time for a spear to take on and hunt a pig alone."
- "The greatest railway altitudes in India are very far from establishing world records. Ghoom Station, on the Darjeeling-Himalayan line, is 7,407 ft. above the sea, and takes 40th place among the world's railway summits."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: घूमना