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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The period during which it is legal to hunt or catch certain game or fish.
  • noun Informal A time of unrestrained activity, often criticism or harassment.

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  • noun hunting A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife.
  • noun idiomatic A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.
  • noun idiomatic A situation in which or period of time during which some activity or circumstance routinely occurs.

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