hunt's-up
[ huhnts-uhp ]
/ ˈhʌntsˈʌp /
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noun
(formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
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Origin of hunt's-up
1530–40; from phrase (the) hunt is up
Words nearby hunt's-up
Hunts, huntsman, huntsman's-cup, Hunt's neuralgia, Hunt's syndrome, hunt's-up, Huntsville, hunt table, hunt the slipper, Hun-tun, hunt up
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