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• still hunt
  still hunt

  noun

  a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.
• still-hunt
  still-hunt

  verb (used with object)

  to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.

still hunt

¹ American  

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.

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still-hunt ² American  

[stil-huhnt] / ˈstɪlˌhʌnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.

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verb (used without object)

1. to carry on a still hunt.

still hunt British  

noun

1. the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing

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verb

1. to hunt (quarry) in this way

Other Word Forms

• still-hunter
  noun

Etymology

Origin of still hunt¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Origin of still-hunt²

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

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Mulling the Schrader-influenced short film “Paix” he directed in film school — which enterprising fans can still hunt down online — he considers his future goals of stepping behind the camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Califf testified before a House subcommittee probing the shortage, which has forced the U.S. to begin airlifting products from Europe while many parents still hunt for scarce supplies in stores.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 2022

This is creating a generational divide with their parents, who still hunt with bows and arrows.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2020

Residents still hunt the seals for subsistence purposes, and the reindeer add to the local diet.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2019

I could still hunt every night Feeling smart for figuring out their conversation, I turned over and fell asleep.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The Right Angle The standard advice is to still-hunt with the wind in your face.

From Time Magazine Archive

The standard advice is to still-hunt with the wind in your face.

From Time Magazine Archive

This tactic not only gives bucks time to bed down for the day, but it also allows enough light for you to quietly still-hunt to your stand.

From Time Magazine Archive

If there is no band of buffalo near by, they go off, singly or by twos and threes, to still-hunt scattering buffalo, or deer, or elk, or such other game as may be found.

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell

Destitute of nearly every element of the buoyant excitement and spice of danger that accompanied genuine buffalo hunting on horseback, the still-hunt was mere butchery of the tamest and yet most cruel kind.

From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday