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

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

Whenever afterwards I wanted to chaff this "boy", I had only to ask whether he would like to come and see some more shikar.

From The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures by Selous, Frederick Courteney

Our brief experience of camping and "shikar" had proved to my wife that she was not cast in the heroic mould of a female Nimrod.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

But in recent years the Maharajah's second son, Jitendra, had an unexpected bit of good fortune in shikar.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon