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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I leaned against the rock, my shikar dress blending with the dark grey of the stone and burnt-up grass so completely as to deceive even my lynx-eyed prey.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

He was asked about his predecessor, whom these people seemed to have held in some estimation—and then they talked about shikar.

From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The English sahibs found sport in stalking markhôr or tiger shooting or in other forms of shikar.

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram

He would start just before dawn on Abdul's shikar camel, be well away from Kot Ghazi by daylight and reach the old deserted dak-bungalow, that no one ever used, by evening.

From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher