hunting

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.countableuncountable

• a hunting rifle with a high-powered scope

The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.countableuncountable

Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.countableuncountable

• Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nat

The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.countableuncountable

present participle and gerund of huntform-ofgerundparticiple

• Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.