huntings

Noun

hunting (countable and uncountable, plural huntings)

1. The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
   • a hunting rifle with a high-powered scope
2. The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
3. Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
   • Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nature of the motion, only its intensity.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 136
4. The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.

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