Meaning

noun the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

noun the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

originFrom Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing.

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