All field sports synonyms

noun field sports

• raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
• hunting — an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
• interrogation — the act of interrogating; questioning.
• quest — a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
• race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
• inquiry — a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
• investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
• pursuit — the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
• inquisition — an official investigation, especially one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments.
• sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
• trailing — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
• inquest — a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
• research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
• pursuing — to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
• rummage — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
• seeking — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
• meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
• scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• prying — that pries; looking or searching curiously.
• following — the act of following.
• reconnaissance — the act of reconnoitering.
• steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
• pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
• coursing — Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
• hounding — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
• snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
• tracing — a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
• sifting — to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
• look-see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.