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hunt¹
- /hʌnt/
- /hʊnt/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint.
In some areas read as a collective form of hound by folk etymology.
verb hunts · hunting · hunted
- To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. State Wildlife Management areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt on public lands.
- To try to find something; search (for). The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
- To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc. to hunt down a criminal
- To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting. Did you hunt that pony last week?
- To use or traverse in pursuit of game. He hunts the woods, or the country.
- To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
- To shift up and down in order regularly.
- To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel. […] after which the inertia of the camera causes the motor to hunt with fluctuating speed.
noun hunts
- The act of hunting. Through male bonding, the subculture of the hunt caught up in the mystique of the chase, the hunting party became a military force, and men discovered that they need not stop at defense: they could go out to hunt for other people's wealth.
- A hunting expedition.
- An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
- A pack of hunting dogs. the rim at the base has a hunt of dogs and stags on a running scroll
Hunt²
- /hʌnt/
Sounds like hunt · Rhymes with -ʌnt
proper noun Hunts
- An English surname originating as an occupation for a hunter (for game, birds etc).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kerr County, Texas, United States.
- Former name of McFarland, California.
- Ellipsis of Hunt County
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hunt down, hound, trace, run, track down, pursuit, quest, search, searching, hunt club, hunter, manhunt, forage, toilet, trap, track
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verb to search for something
| Español | buscar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 探す sagasu |
| Kiswahili | tafuta |
| Português | caçar, vear |
| Français | chercher |
| Deutsch | suchen |
| Italiano | cercare, essere a caccia, essere alla ricerca |
| Ελληνικά | ψάχνω psáchno, αναζητώ anazitó |
| Русский | разы́скивать razýskivatʹ, иска́ть iskátʹ |
verb to chase down prey
| Español | cazar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사냥하다 sanyanghada, 수렵하다 suryeophada |
| 日本語 | 狩る karu, 狩猟する shuryō suru |
| 中文 | 打獵 /打猎 dǎliè, 獵取 /猎取 lièqǔ, 捕食 bǔshí |
| हिन्दी | शिकार करना śikār karnā |
| Kiswahili | kuwinda |
| Português | caçar, vear |
| Français | chasser |
| Deutsch | jagen |
| Italiano | cacciare |
| Ελληνικά | κυνηγώ kynigó, θηρεύω thirévo |
| Română | vâna |
| Русский | охо́титься oxótitʹsja, лови́ть lovítʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | săn bắn |
| العربية | اِصْطَادَ iṣṭāda, صَادَ ṣāda |
| עברית | צָד tzad |
noun the act of hunting, shooting
| Español | caza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사냥 sanyang, 수렵 suryeop |
| 日本語 | 狩り kari, 狩猟 shuryō |
| 中文 | 狩獵 /狩猎 shòuliè, 打獵 /打猎 dǎliè |
| हिन्दी | शिकार śikār, आखेट ākheṭ |
| Português | caça |
| Français | chasse |
| Deutsch | Jagd |
| Italiano | caccia |
| Ελληνικά | κυνήγι kynígi, θήρα thíra |
| Română | vânătoare |
| Русский | охо́та oxóta, ло́вля lóvlja, лов lov |
| Tiếng Việt | sự săn bắn |
| العربية | صَيْد ṣayd, مُطارَدَة muṭārada |
| עברית | מָצוֹד matsód, צַיִד tsáyid |
noun hunting expedition
| Español | partida de caza, cacería, cazata |
|---|---|
| Português | caçada |
| Italiano | caccia, spedizione di caccia |
| Ελληνικά | κυνήγι kynígi |
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title = {hunt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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