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hunting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?nt??/
- Rhymes: -?nt??
Etymology 1
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt +? -ing.
Noun
hunting (countable and uncountable, plural huntings)
- 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.
- 1797, Encyclopædia Britannica
- 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
- Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
Usage notes
Although hunting is technically a hypernym for fishing, fishing is generally not thought of or consider to be a type of hunting since it involves aquatic animals.
Derived terms
Related terms
- cynegetic
Descendants
- Korean: ?? (heonting, “flirting with strangers, pickup”)
Translations
Further reading
- hunting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt +? -ing.
Verb
hunting
- present participle of hunt
Anagrams
- nuthing
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turtling
English
Etymology 1
turtle +? -ing
Noun
turtling (uncountable)
- The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
- (nautical) Turning turtle.
- (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
- (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.
Verb
turtling
- present participle of turtle
Etymology 2
From turtle +? -ling.
Noun
turtling (plural turtlings)
- A baby turtle.
- 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64,[1] page 94:
- The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.
- 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:
- Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.
- 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64,[1] page 94:
Anagrams
- ruttling
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