hunt (noun)

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• hunt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hunting wild animals ADJECTIVE ▪ bear, fox, seal, tiger, etc. VERB + HUNT ▪ go on, take part in …   Collocations dictionary

• Hunt — /hʌnt/ (say hunt) noun 1. Geoff(rey) Brian, born 1948, Australian champion squash player. 2. (William) Holman, 1827–1910, English Pre Raphaelite painter. 3. John Horbury, 1838–1904, Australian architect, born in Canada, work anticipatory of the… …  

• hunt saboteur — noun A person opposed to all blood sports, esp foxhunting, who, usu as part of an organized group, takes action to thwart the activities of hunters • • • Main Entry: ↑hunt * * * hunt saboteur UK US noun [countable] [singular hunt saboteur …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt — ► VERB 1) pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food. 2) (also hunt for or after) try to find by diligent searching. 3) (hunt down) pursue and capture (someone). 4) (hunted) appearing alarmed or harassed as if being hunted …   English terms dictionary

• hunt and peck — noun : a mode of typing in which one looks at the keyboard and uses random fingering types fast and accurately, by hunt and peck Brendan Gill compare touch system * * * a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately… …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt ball — noun A ball given by the members of a hunt • • • Main Entry: ↑hunt …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt-the-gowk — huntˈ the gowk noun (Scot) 1. The making of an April fool 2. (also huntˈiegowk) a fool s errand, a deception or a hoax, appropriate to the First of April transitive verb To make an April fool of • • • Main Entry: ↑hunt …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt club — noun an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport • Syn: ↑hunt • Hypernyms: ↑club, ↑social club, ↑society, ↑guild, ↑gild, ↑lodge, ↑order …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt-counter — huntˈ counter noun (Shakespeare) Perhaps one who hunts counter (qv below) • • • Main Entry: ↑hunt …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt-the-slipper — huntˈ the slippˈer noun A game in which a person in the middle of a ring of people tries to catch a shoe passed round surreptitiously by the others • • • Main Entry: ↑hunt …   Useful english dictionary

• hunt saboteur — noun A person who does not approve of hunting and tries to sabotage it; used especially in reference to fox hunting. See Also: hunt sabotage …   Wiktionary