hunting
English
/ˈhʌntɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- Looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (engineering) Fluctuating around a central value without stabilizing.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hunting inherited from Old English huntung suffix from English hunt.
Origin
English
hunt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Huntingtown English
- antihunt English
- antihunting English
- bow English
- bowhunting English
- cool English
- coolhunting English
- egg hunt English
- foxhunt English
- ghost English
- ghosthunt English
- ghosthunting English
- headhunt English
- house English
- house-hunting English
- hunt English
- huntable English
- huntee English
- hunter English
- huntest English
- hunteth English
- huntmaster English
- huntsman English
- huntsperson English
- huntswoman English
- job English
- job hunting English
- man English
- manhunt English
- manhunting English
- mine English
- minehunting English
- molehunt English
- nonhunting English
- outhunt English
- overhunt English
- overhunting English
- pot English
- pothunting English
- prehunting English
- puzzlehunt English
- town English
- tuft English
- tufthunting English
- witch-hunt English
- womanhunt English
- huntian Old English
- huntung Old English
- hunten Middle English
- hunting Middle English
- job
- pot
- bow
- man
- tuft
- hunt
- cool
- town
- mine
- ghost
- house
- hunter
- huntee
- outhunt
- hunteth
- huntest
- manhunt
- foxhunt
- overhunt
- egg hunt
- headhunt
- molehunt
- antihunt
- huntsman
- huntable
- womanhunt
- ghosthunt
- witch-hunt
- huntswoman
- manhunting
- bowhunting
- prehunting
- puzzlehunt
- pothunting
- nonhunting
- huntmaster
- coolhunting
- minehunting
- antihunting
- Huntingtown
- tufthunting
- huntsperson
- overhunting
- job hunting
- ghosthunting
- house-hunting