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Synonyms for hunting


Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhn-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌn tɪŋ

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Définition of hunting

Origin :
  • Old English huntung, verbal noun from hunt (v.).
  • noun the chase
Example sentences :
  • There were also Shamans of hunting, of medicine and priestcraft.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • She was fond of hunting, and could shoot at a mark with wonderful skill.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • No, sir, the person he was hunting for was a man with a hundred camels.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • In fact, Simba was at the moment sharpening his hunting knife in preparation.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • "'Twould be like hunting for a pin in a haystack," said the Rev. Hilary Jones.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • But hunting does not make one wholly a brute, crying, 'Kill, kill!'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Vaudemont, you are bolder in hunting, they tell me, than you are at whist.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Let 'Reed-that-bends' go on the hunting path; he will meet them.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Here, take my hunting shirt and cap, and give me your blanket and hat.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "It would be nice to be hunting them, instead of men," said Whitley.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
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