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• present participle of hunt.

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

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hunting

Police investigators are hunting for evidence which was not included in the company's own investigation, according to the Yonhap News Agency and national broadcaster KBS.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Those that moved onto land developed into highly effective predators, and fossils show that their ancestors had already been hunting for hundreds of millions of years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Myerscough, a civil engineer, said the painstaking process of fossil hunting helped his worries and stresses to "melt away".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Colin Gray told authorities he had hunting guns in the house, but said his son didn’t have unsupervised access to them, according to the FBI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The children had been found barking and yapping in the forest during one of Lord Fredrick’s frequent hunting expeditions.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Related Words

• angling
• fishery
• fishing
• shooting