pitfalling
Collocations
4ADJ.
dry, moral, other
VERB + PITFALLING
hunting, poisoning, toiling, trapping
PITFALLING + NOUN
anything, areas, possibilities
PREP.
during, in
Definitions
adj
entrapping; ensnaring
able to shew us the ways of the Lord straight and faithful as they are, not full of cranks and contradictions, and pitfalling dispenses
But always with my future as Nicholas's illustration of moral pitfalling possibilities.
noun
The practice of setting up and using pitfalls to capture animals.
Here is all the evidence of which we are at present cognizant; but is it not almost enough to start a party for New Zealand in the hope of trapping, toiling, or pitfalling, —anything but shooting, —the biggest bird in the world, and bringing it alive to England, as the crown of the Knowsley and the Regent's Park menageries?
Hunting, poisoning, trapping, pitfalling and other types of extermination campaigns are carried out and are sometimes organized by local authorities.
The process or act of succumbing to an unexpected hazard or pitfall.
Now, falling in love is one thing, but pitfalling is another. A man dislikes the thought of being trapped into a marriage.
It may take some trying and pitfalling, but the end result will be a lot more satisfying than George Babbitt's uniform.
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6able to shew us the ways of the Lord straight and faithful as they are, not full of cranks and contradictions, and pitfalling dispenses
WiktionaryBut always with my future as Nicholas's illustration of moral pitfalling possibilities.
WiktionaryIf one is looking for evidence of last-days decadence in New York during the pitfalling 1970s—which had an entirely different feel from the money-first decadence of the 1980s, except that obth involve
WiktionaryHere is all the evidence of which we are at present cognizant; but is it not almost enough to start a party for New Zealand in the hope of trapping, toiling, or pitfalling, —anything but shooting, —th
WiktionaryHunting, poisoning, trapping, pitfalling and other types of extermination campaigns are carried out and are sometimes organized by local authorities.
WiktionaryWhen pitfalling in dry areas, birds and other animals soon learn where to get a drink.
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