hunt

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-Germanic *huntōnan (“to hunt, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *kend- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

hunt (third-person singular simple present hunts, present participle hunting, simple past and past participle hunted)

  1. To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
    Her uncle is out deer hunting, now that it is open season.
    • 2010, Backyard deer hunting: converting deer to dinner for pennies per pound (ISBN 1449084354), page 10:
      State Wildlife Management Areas often offer licensed hunters the opportunity to hunt deer on public lands.
  2. To try to find something; search.
    The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.
    • 2004, Prill Boyle, Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women (ISBN 1578601541), page 119:
      My idea of retirement was to hunt seashells, play golf, and do a lot of walking.
    • 2011, Ann Major, Nobody's Child (ISBN 1459271939):
      What kind of woman came to an island and stayed there through a violent storm and then got up the next morning to hunt seashells? She had fine, delicate features with high cheekbones and the greenest eyes he'd ever seen.
  3. (transitive, of a horse) To ride at a hunt.
    Did you hunt that pony last week?

Derived terms [edit]

Translations [edit]

to chase down prey
to search for something
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Noun [edit]

hunt (plural hunts)

  1. The act of hunting.
  2. A hunting expedition.
  3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization).

Translations [edit]

the act of hunting, shooting
hunting expedition
organization
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Estonian [edit]

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Noun [edit]

hunt (genitive hundi, partitive hunti)

  1. wolf, grey wolf

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Old High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Proto-Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old English hund, Old Norse hundr.

Noun [edit]

hunt m

  1. dog

Descendants [edit]

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