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hunting

hunting

45 2.2
Looking carefully to find something or someone
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌntɪŋ/
: búsqueda
  • That's enough job hunting for one day.
  • job hunting
  • treasure hunting

Today's plan is apartment hunting again.

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Examples

  • We have a full day of house hunting planned and I think you'll be very excited at what's available.

    We Bought a Zoo (2011)

  • Today's plan is apartment hunting again.

    Michelle Choi

  • No, I gotta go apartment hunting today.

    Manhattan (1979)

  • Then last week I was coming home from house hunting.

    Melinda and Melinda (2004)

  • And I'm gonna be apartment hunting in New York in August.

    Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

  • Interesting patterns regarding the job-hunting experiences of new teachers emerge from this survey data.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We may be looking at a return to the hunting and gathering lifestyles of our ancestors.

    Blog text (2)

  • We should not spend our lives hunting for trivial satisfactions.

  • Mary was on a job-hunting trip with her father to Redding.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • She spends her weekends hunting for rare vinyl records at flea markets.

Synonyms

search
vshunting
∞ 1.0

An act of looking for something or someone

focuses on careful, purposeful effort to locate someone or something
hunt
vshunting
262 2.1

A careful search for something or someone

is the noun form used to describe that same careful searching
chase
vshunting
231 1.0

A pursuit to catch someone or something

emphasizes deliberate careful searching rather than fast physical chasing
pursuit
vshunting
125 4.0

To follow and try to catch someone or something

is more about careful looking rather than active chasing to catch
stalking
vshunting
  • Offensive
48 6.1

Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it

covers careful searching generally rather than only secret following
scouting
vshunting
38 3.4

Exploring a place to find information, often to learn about the land or dangers

is aimed at finding a target rather than collecting general information
prowl
vshunting
22 6.3

A quiet search around a place for something

is a careful search without necessarily being stealthy or secretive
seeking
vshunting
15 2.9

Trying to find or get something you want

focuses specifically on careful searching to locate someone or something
tracking
vshunting
15 2.7

Following animal or person tracks to find them

is broader and includes many methods of careful searching
sleuthing
vshunting
6 6.9

Looking into crime or suspicious events like a detective

is the general careful search not limited to criminal investigation
scouring
vshunting
1 4.6

A careful search of a place to find something lost

is broader and means careful looking not only extreme thoroughness

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

Compounds

hunting season
16 3.0

Time of year when the law allows people to hunt a certain animal

hunting knife
11 2.8

A large sharp knife used by hunters to cut meat and skin animals

hunting dog
10 2.3

A dog trained to find and catch animals or birds

deer hunting
9 3.0

To look for and kill deer for food, sport, or to control their numbers

duck hunting
8 3.2

An outdoor activity where people shoot ducks for food or sport

fox hunting
  • UK
7 7.3

A chase of a fox by riders and dogs

hunting ground
6 3.9

An area where people hunt wild animals for food or sport

hunting license
  • Formal
5 3.0

Official permission to hunt certain animals in a set area and time

hunting lodge
5 4.5

A small house or cabin in the countryside where people stay while hunting

hunting ground
  • Informal
2 4.6

A place where people look for chances to get things they want

hunting expedition
2 4.2

A trip to go far to kill wild animals for sport or food in remote places

hunting guide
2 4.2

A person who leads and helps people on trips to find wild animals

hunting permit
  • Formal
1 3.4

An official document that allows a person to hunt and kill a certain animal during a set time

African hunting dog
  • South African
1 5.3

A large wild dog from Africa that lives and hunts in packs

hunting and gathering tribe
1 5.7

A group of people who live by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants

canned hunting
1 9.3

Hunting animals in a fenced area where they cannot escape, often called unfair to animals

small game hunting
1 4.9

An activity of searching for and shooting small wild animals and birds for food or sport

hunting and gathering society
1 6.7

People who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food and move from place to place

hunting watch
1 8.2

A small pocket clock with a hinged metal lid that protects the glass

hunting crop
1 9.3

A short whip riders use to guide a horse and open gates

hunting spider
1 6.4

A spider that hunts and catches insects instead of making a web

Cape hunting dog
  • South African
1 9.2

A large wild dog from southern and eastern Africa that hunts in packs

mug-hunting
8.4

An activity of looking for mugs to collect like rare coffee cups

hunting whip
  • UK
8.6

A short stick riders use to signal and control hunting dogs during a fox hunt

How Thorough

scouring
1 4.6
hunting
45 2.2
search
∞ 1.0
to look
∞ 1.0
to glance
300 1.5

Surface Forms

hunting singular
huntings plural

Morphology

hunting = hunt (transparent) = hunt + ing

The sense 'searching carefully' is a common, literal extension of 'hunt' meaning 'to search', so the formation is directly interpretable.

Etymology

Hunting comes from the same old verb hunt meaning 'to chase', and people soon used that idea for finding things as well as animals. So when you say you are hunting for a photo or a gift, you mean you are carefully chasing or looking for it.