hunting
noun/ˈhʌntɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #2,360 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
The activity of chasing and killing wild animals.
Example sentence
At dawn, the lion was quietly stalking its prey while hunting was underway nearby.
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