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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

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Etymology

Origin of hunting

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

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Example Sentences

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hunting

After a bruising selloff, the temptation is to go hunting for bargains.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Target, Barclays, Bausch and Lomb and American Express have all posted FDE listings in recent months, hunting for people who can turn “ambiguous goals into production agentic systems.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The Jillaroos, hunting a fourth successive title, ran in 21 tries in a predictably lopsided contest in Sydney.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The mystery surrounding 70 Oph AB began long before modern planet hunting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

They went hunting for people who had gone to college with Capital One’s CEO, Richard Fairbank, and collected character references.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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Related Words

• angling
• fishery
• fishing
• shooting

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