hunting

Looking for and killing wild animals for sport, food, or materials.

• They went hunting in the forest.
• Hunting is forbidden in this park.
• The hunting season starts next month.

How to use it: go hunting (My uncle goes hunting every autumn.)

Common phrases: go hunting, hunting season, hunting rifle

Looking carefully for something you want or need, such as a home or a job.

• Job hunting can take months.
• We spent the weekend house hunting.
• Her hunting for bargains led her to a small market.

How to use it: hunting for something (His hunting for a new apartment lasted several weeks.)

Similar words: searching

Common phrases: job hunting, house hunting, hunting for something

Repeated movement above and below a desired value without settling at that value.

• The motor showed hunting at low speed.
• We adjusted the controller to reduce hunting.
• Severe hunting made the system unstable.

Similar words: oscillation

Common phrases: speed hunting, hunting oscillations, prevent hunting

Automatically choosing an available telephone line from a group to receive a call.

• Line hunting found a free telephone line.
• The office uses automatic hunting for incoming calls.
• Hunting sends the call to an available extension.

Common phrases: line hunting, hunting group, automatic hunting