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

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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

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

"Are you still keen on the shikar stunt, Lady Hickle?"

From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan

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

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

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

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 Kipling, Rudyard

Out shikarring and sprained his ankle, I suppose.

From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher

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 Penny, F. E.

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 Kipling, Rudyard