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hunt
[ huhnt ]
/ hʌnt /
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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Origin of hunt
before 1000; (v.) Middle English hunten,Old English huntian, derivative of hunta hunter, akin to hentan to pursue; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.
OTHER WORDS FROM hunt
Words nearby hunt
hunks, hunky, hunky-dory, Hunnish, Huns, hunt, hunt and peck, huntaway, hunt board, hunt button, hunt down
Other definitions for hunt (2 of 2)
Hunt
[ huhnt ]
/ hʌnt /
noun
(James Henry) Leigh [lee], /li/, 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
Richard Morris, 1828–95, U.S. architect.
(William) Holman [hohl-muhn], /ˈhoʊl mən/, 1827–1910, English painter.
William Morris, 1824–79, U.S. painter (brother of Richard Morris Hunt).
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British Dictionary definitions for hunt (1 of 2)
hunt
/ (hʌnt) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of hunt
huntedly, adverbWord Origin for hunt
Old English huntian; related to Old English hentan, Old Norse henda to grasp
British Dictionary definitions for hunt (2 of 2)
Hunt
/ (hʌnt) /
noun
Henry, known as Orator Hunt . 1773–1835, British radical, who led the mass meeting that ended in the Peterloo Massacre (1819)
(William) Holman. 1827–1910, British painter; a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1848)
James. 1947–93, British motor-racing driver: world champion 1976
(Henry Cecil) John, Baron. 1910–98, British army officer and mountaineer. He planned and led the expedition that first climbed Mount Everest (1953)
(James Henry) Leigh (liː). 1784–1859, British poet and essayist: a founder of The Examiner (1808) in which he promoted the work of Keats and Shelley
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hunt
hunt
see happy hunting ground; high and low, (hunt); run with (the hare, hunt with the hounds).
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