still hunt
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8.1
- noun
- Jargon
:
caza en silencio
- To improve your chances of success, you should practice still hunt techniques by moving silently through the forest.
Examples
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They've they've wired GPSS to people in Tanzania who still hunt and gather on the savannahs there, the Hadza people.
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Does your father still hunt?
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In the early part of the season, the best way to hunt squirrel is to still hunt.
Blog text (14) -
"The still hunt is an art perfected by the Indian, "who has learned from childhood to move like a shadow, "his actions smooth as oil, his senses set to a hair trigger;
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He still hunts them?
Fiction book (1999) -
During the still hunt, she crouched behind a bush, waiting patiently for deer to pass by.
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The guide explained that still hunting requires patience and an understanding of animal behavior.
Synonyms
360
1.0
Chasing and killing wild animals for food, fur, or sport
150
1.4
The activity of chasing and killing wild animals for food or sport
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6.1
Following an animal quietly to get near it before you hunt it
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7.9
A quiet hunt in which a hunter moves slowly to catch an animal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'still' (motionless/quiet) with 'hunt' (pursuit of game): a B1 learner who knows both words can infer hunting carried out while being still or moving quietly/lying in ambush. This compositional modifier+noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so the expression should be understandable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Still hunt comes from the simple image of a hunter staying very still or moving so quietly while they hunt that animals do not notice them. That's why it means 'a way of hunting' where you wait or move quietly to avoid being seen.