shikar

American  

[shi-kahr] / ʃɪˈkɑr /

noun

1. the hunting of game for sport.

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verb (used with or without object)

shikarred, shikarring

1. to hunt.

shikar British  

/ ʃɪˈkɑː /

noun

1. hunting, esp big-game hunting

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verb

1. to hunt (game, esp big game)

Etymology

Origin of shikar

1600–10; < Urdu < Persian

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

shikar shikarred shikarring

In shikar, where elephants assist, the Maharajas have never made a serious misstep; but in zenana. they have made mistakes.

From Time Magazine Archive

One hot afternoon, Grantham, who was a keen sportsman, took his gun, and, accompanied by a wiry little Shan servant, departed into the jungle on shikar thoughts intent.

From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby

He has not come for shikar, and he will not take petitions.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

This is a very rare qualification, but most necessary in a good shikar elephant.

From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Sir Samuel White Baker

He was a great deal worse than Ram Baksh, for he said that all the Officer Sahibs of Deoli came to the Sukh Mahal for shikar and—never went away again, so pleased were they.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

I believe in well-flushed culverts … This is why the death-rate's small; And, if you don't believe me, get shikarred yourself.

From The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling

However, a man who goes shikarring for any length of time in one of Ram Baksh's tongas would soon learn to dispense with anything and everything.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

Out shikarring and sprained his ankle, I suppose.

From Snake and Sword A Novel by Percival Christopher Wren

The cicalas whirred in the foliage of the oleanders, and a brown owl screamed in its shikarring flight over the roof of the house.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny