The Clue
Nimrod's activity (7 letter answer)
The Answer
HUNTING
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Notes
The answer HUNTING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
HUNTING as a noun:
1. (hunt, hunting) = the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
2. (search, hunt, hunting) = the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
3. (hunt, hunting) = the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
HUNT as a verb:
1. (hunt, run, hunt down, track down) = pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
2. (hound, hunt, trace) = pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
3. chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
4. yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"
5. oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
6. seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
7. search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"