Definition of Hunt

Noun

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
  hunting
• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
  hunting
• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  search hunting
• an instance of searching for something
  "the hunt for submarines"
  
• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport
  - hunt club
• British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
  - leigh hunt - james henry leigh hunt
• United States architect (1827-1895)
  - richard morris hunt
• Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)
  - holman hunt - william holman hunt

Verb

• search (an area) for prey
  "The King used to hunt these forests"
  
• seek, search for
  "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"
  
• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent
  "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"
  
• yaw back and forth about a flight path
  "the plane's nose yawed"
  
• chase away, with as with force
  "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"
  
• pursue or chase relentlessly
  "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"
  "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
  hound trace
• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
  "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"
  "The dogs are running deer"
  "The Duke hunted in these woods"
  run - hunt down - track down

Word games points for the Hunt

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Unscramble hunt

10 unscramble word found using the letters hunt.

hun, hunt, hut, nth, nu, nut, tun, uh, un, ut,