# coursing

Pronunciation: US say "KORS-ing" /ˈkɔɹsɪŋ/; UK say "KAWS-ing" /ˈkɔːsɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A sport in which dogs pursue wild animals, especially hares, hunting by sight rather than by scent.
   - Simple: A sport where dogs chase wild animals, especially hares, by sight and not by smell.
   - _Hare coursing was outlawed in England in 2005 after years of public debate._
   - _They took the whippets out for an afternoon of coursing along the open moor._

## Verb

2. Present participle of course. — present participle and gerund of course
   - Simple: Present participle of course. Use this form for something flowing or moving along right now.
   - _Adrenaline was coursing through her body as she stepped onto the stage._
   - _The river came coursing down the mountainside after the storm broke._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/coursing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).