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trophy-hunting

trophy-hunting is the alternative form of trophy hunting.

trophy-hunting is the present participle and gerund of trophy-hunt.

Meaning of trophy hunting

Noun

trophy hunting (uncountable)

  1. The killing of a carefully selected animal, particularly big game, under or without government license to acquire a part of the animal, such as the head or skin, as a souvenir.

Questions about trophy-hunting

What is trophy-hunting the alternative form of?
Trophy-hunting is the alternative form of trophy hunting.

Words near trophy-hunting in the dictionary

  1. trophy wives
  2. trophy-hunt
  3. trophy-hunted
  4. trophy-hunter
  5. trophy-hunters
  6. trophy-hunting
  7. trophy-hunts
  8. trophying
  9. trophyless
  10. trophylike
  11. trophywort

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trophy-hunting (page history and authors); trophy hunting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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