hunting

American  

[huhn-ting] / ˈhʌn tɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.

2. Electricity. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.

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adjective

1. of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting.

   a hunting cap.

hunting British  

/ ˈhʌntɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the pursuit and killing or capture of game and wild animals, regarded as a sport

   2. ( as modifier )

      hunting boots

      hunting lodge

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Other Word Forms

• antihunting
  noun
• nonhunting
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of hunting

before 950; Middle English huntung (noun), Old English huntung ( e ). See hunt, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has formed a Hunting and Advanced Technology Working Group that has proposed bans on drones, transmitting trail cameras and night-vision and thermal-imaging devices for the state hunting season.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The league leaders were in trouble - hunting and pressing wasn't enough, not when it was all done with an element of panic and fury.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill,” wrote Golding, “and there was the world of longing and baffled common sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The actress also revealed in a 2023 interview with People that she had purchased a former hunting cabin on Lake Travis, which she described as the family’s “hippie getaway.”

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

“Fredrick never jokes when it comes to his hunting parties,” chirped Lady Constance.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Related Words

• angling
• fishery
• fishing
• shooting