Ghoom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Ghoom is a verb meaning (India, dated, intransitive) To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
Meaning
(India, dated, intransitive) To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
More Meanings
- (India, dated) A hunt of this kind.
Example Sentences
A ghoom, too, is often an excellent time for a spear to take on and hunt a pig alone.
On off days we went ghooming in the forests and savannahs swarming with game, and picked up various sorts of deer and another leopard.
Once more we ghoomed. Turning northward this time, it was the eastern portion of the plateau that we faced, rather rougher country than on the side we had lately traversed, […]
Word Forms
- ghooms
- ghooming
- ghoomed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shikar, hunt, foxhunt, moth, shoot, skulk.
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