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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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still hunt still-hunt

“Does that old dog still hunt? Yes it still does hunt, but its opportunity is less,” he argued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

We're sure of a shot if we still-hunt over in that direction—sure of a tight roof and good beds, too.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry

The chase on horseback or “running buffalo.”—Next to the still-hunt the method called “running buffalo” was the most fatal to the race, and the one most universally practiced.

From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple