- verbhunt (verb) · hunts (third person present) · hunted (past tense) · hunted (past participle) · hunting (present participle)
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food:"in the autumn they hunted deer" · "they hunted and fished"
- (of an animal) chase and kill (its prey):"mice are hunted by weasels and foxes" · "lionesses hunt in groups"
- search determinedly for someone or something:"he desperately hunted for a new job"
- (of the police) search for (a criminal):"the gang is being hunted by police" · "police are hunting for her attacker"
- (hunt someone down)pursue and capture someone:"the killers will be hunted down"
- technical(of a device or system) oscillate around a desired speed, position, or state:"on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner"
- (of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate around a mean flight path.
- (of an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle) keep shifting between gears because of improperly designed shift logic.
- bell-ringing(hunt down/up)(in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.
nounhunt (noun) · hunts (plural noun)- an act of hunting wild animals or game:"a bear-hunt"
- an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.
- an area where hunting takes place.
- a search:"police launched a hunt for the killer"
- an oscillating motion around a desired speed, position, or state.
OriginOld English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century).Similar and Opposite Wordsverb
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- hunt /hʌnt/ v. to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing: [ ~ + object] Do you need a license to hunt pheasant? [ no object] They hunt in the spring.www.wordreference.com/definition/hunthunt (third-person singular simple present hunts, present participle hunting, simple past and past participle hunted) (transitive, intransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. quotations ▼en.wiktionary.org/wiki/huntverb (used with object) to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing. to pursue with force, hostility, etc., in order to capture (often followed by down): They hunted him down and hanged him.www.dictionary.com/browse/huntMeaning of hunt in English hunt verb [ I or T ] uk / hʌnt / us / hʌnt / hunt verb [I or T] (CHASE) Add to word list B1 to chase and try to catch and kill an animal or bird for food, sport, or profit:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hunt
Kids Definition of hunt. (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : to chase after in order to capture or kill hunt deer. 2 : to try to find I hunted for my key.
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