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small game en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.
  2. (euphemistic, uncountable) Small vermin.
    • Smells, bad drainage, impure water, unhealthiness of situation, dampness, the absence of advantages mentioned, the presence of small game […] 1875, J. H. Riddell, The Uninhabited House:
    • May be it is like that medicine a fellow rung in on poor lawyer Mac Campbell, to kill fleas, bed bugs, and all sich^([sic]) small game; and made the lawyer believe it was so heavy that three ounces weighed a pound. 1841, The New Sporting Magazine, page 9:

Antonyms

big game (antonym(s) of “hunting”)

Translations (5)

nb småvilt (small hunted animals) · gl caza menor (small hunted animals) · sv småvilt (small hunted animals) · ca caça menor (small hunted animals) · nn småvilt (small hunted animals)