hunting

UK /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ US /ˈhʌntɪŋ/
noun 4name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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.

His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth.

2

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

3

Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.

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 nature of the motion, only its intensity.

4

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

name

1

A surname.

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