ghoom
nounEtymology From Hindi घूमना (ghūmnā, “to wander, turn”).
ghoom
verbEtymology From Hindi घूमना (ghūmnā, “to wander, turn”).
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India, Dated To hunt for animals by stealth in an area where they are likely to be found on the move.
- 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, […]1905, Alexander Inglis Robertson Glasfurd, Rifle and Romance in the Indian Jungle, page 86:
- On off days we went ghooming in the forests and savannahs swarming with game, and picked up various sorts of deer and another leopard.1953, Olive Smythies, Tiger Lady: Adventures in the Indian Jungle, page 222: