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ghoom

verb

  1. To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.

    dated, intransitive

    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, […]

Where it comes from

From Hindi घूमना (ghūmnā, “to wander, turn”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ghoom (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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