still hunt

¹

noun

1. a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.
2. Informal. a quiet or secret pursuit of any object.

still-hunt

²

[ stil-huhnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.

verb (used without object)

1. to carry on a still hunt.

still hunt

noun

1. the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing

verb

1. to hunt (quarry) in this way

Other Words From

• still-hunter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of still hunt¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Origin of still hunt²

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

But the Indians fancied that, although they had sold the land, they could still hunt and fish there as much as they pleased.

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I am off on the still hunt for those shares but don't believe one to be had, Consolidated bunch too sharp for that.

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For months he has been on a still hunt for the fashions of the spring that is yet distant.

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Another method is to still-hunt him, the same as is done with deer.

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Bat Reeves has been making the Widder Orff matter a still hunt.

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