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rabbiting

British  
/ ˈræbɪtɪŋ /

noun

  1. the activity of hunting rabbits

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Jay also "enjoyed fishing and rabbiting with his dad" and helped looking after the family pets, which included lurchers, ferrets and a bearded dragon.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

After being arrested, Taylor, who defended himself in court, initially claimed to officers that his only hunting consisted of rabbiting for food.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

He made lifelong friends and spent his time playing in the fields, rabbiting and paddling in streams.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2020

This was apt because all we'd heard about was football for the past day – 5Live even interrupted PMQs for us to hear yet more rabbiting on about Harry Redknapp walking free.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2012

The men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out rabbiting, without bothering to feed the animals.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell