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hunting

 noun
     
Related topics: Other Sports
hunt‧ing [uncountable]
1DSO chasing and killing animals for food or sport
2DSO in Britain, the sport of hunting foxes [= foxhunting]
3

job-hunting/house-hunting/flat-hunting

the activity of looking for a job, house, or flat
4

go hunting

DSO to hunt for animals, especially as a sport
—hunting adjective:
a hunting rifle
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