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Meaning of ghoom | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

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

India, dated, intransitive

Examples

“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, […]”
“On off days we went ghooming in the forests and savannahs swarming with game, and picked up various sorts of deer and another leopard.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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