/hun"ting/ , n.
1. the act of a person, animal, or thing that hunts.
2. Elect. the periodic oscillating of a rotating electromechanical system about a mean space position, as in a synchronous motor.
adj.
3. of, for, engaged in, or used while hunting: a hunting cap.
[ bef. 950; ME huntung (n.), OE huntung ( e ). See HUNT, -ING 1 , -ING 2 ]