hunt

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /hʌnt/

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Verb

Plain form hunt

Third-person singular hunts

Past tense hunted

Past participle hunted

Present participle hunting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hunt for something, you look for it very carefully.

   We hunted for new clothing at the mall.

2. (transitive & intransitive) If you hunt for animals, you look for them to catch or kill them.

   My father hunted rabbits when I was a child.

Synonyms

• search

Noun

Singular hunt

Plural hunts

1. A hunt is a search for something or someone.

   The police were on a hunt to find the murderer.

2. A hunt is a search for animal(s) to catch or kill.

Related words

• hunter
• hunting
• huntress