noun [U]
1 chasing and killing wild animals and birds as a sport or for food:
to go hunting * Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal. * In the tiger, evolution has produced a perfect hunting machine.
2 [U] (BrE) = FOX-HUNTING
3 job / house ~ the process of trying to get a job or find a house to buy or rent:
How's the job hunting going?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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