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

It is true he had questioned the guide as to the route they were taking, pointing out that it was not the one traversed in the shikar.

From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan

Although I had not intended giving any shikar stories, I cannot resist quoting one from General McMaster's 'Notes on Jerdon.'

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

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

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Night shooting is not attractive to myself, and I very seldom have indulged in such wearisome shikar.

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