scavenger hunt

noun

1. a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.

scavenger hunt

noun

1. a game in which players are required to collect an assortment of miscellaneous items: usually played outdoors

Word History and Origins

Origin of scavenger hunt¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

The eggs are disbursed throughout the five boroughs and a citywide scavenger hunt ensues.

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For Fashion Week, Band of Outsiders traded the runway for the road with a social-media scavenger hunt around NYC.

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Life is a scavenger hunt run backward as well as forward, a race to comprehend.

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