still hunt
a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.
Informal. a quiet or secret pursuit of any object.
Origin of still hunt
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Other definitions for still-hunt (2 of 2)
to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.
to carry on a still hunt.
Origin of still-hunt
2Other words from still-hunt
- still-hunter, noun
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How to use still hunt in a sentence
But the Indians fancied that, although they had sold the land, they could still hunt and fish there as much as they pleased.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberI am off on the still hunt for those shares but don't believe one to be had, Consolidated bunch too sharp for that.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine | Joseph C. LincolnFor months he has been on a still hunt for the fashions of the spring that is yet distant.
In Vanity Fair | Eleanor Hoyt BrainerdAnother method is to still-hunt him, the same as is done with deer.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. ShieldsBat Reeves has been making the Widder Orff matter a still hunt.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for still hunt
the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing
to hunt (quarry) in this way
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