Synonyms for hunt
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : huhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : hÊŒnt |
Top 10 synonyms for hunt Other synonyms for the word hunt
- be on the lookout
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- cast about
- course
- coursing
- delve
- dog
- drive
- ferret out
- field sport
- fish for
- follow
- following
- frisking
- game
- give chase
- grope
- grouse
- gun
- gun for
- hawk
- heel
- hound
- hounding
- inquest
- inquire
- inquisition
- interrogation
- investigate
- investigation
- kill
- look all over hell
- look for
- look high and low
- look-see
- meddling
- nose around
- poach
- press
- probe
- prosecution
- prowl
- prying
- pursuance
- pursue
- pursuing
- pursuit
- quest
- question
- race
- raid
- ransack
- reconnaissance
- research
- ride
- rummage
- run
- run down
- scent
- scour
- scratch
- scratch around
- scrutiny
- search high heaven
- seek
- seeking
- shadow
- shoot
- sift
- sifting
- snare
- snooping
- sporting
- stalk
- start
- steeplechase
- study
- trace
- tracing
- track
- trail
- trailing
- try to find
- winnow
Définition of hunt
Origin :- Old English huntian "chase game," related to hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *huntojan (cf. Gothic hinþan "to seize, capture," Old High German hunda "booty"), from PIE *kend-.
- General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. Related: Hunted; hunting. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).
- noun search, chase
- verb chase for killing
- verb look, search for
- But mostly they hunt for this Andrew Lanning a dozen at a time.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I am starting on a hunt in darkest Deanery for my cuff links.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- He did not even lose his high standing because he would not hunt Andrew alone.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- But, when I'm out of this, I'll hunt you down again and I'll plant you full of lead, my son!
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- So long as he don't get on my back to hunt other people, I don't care.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Why should a coyote, who is the least of all wolves, hunt for himself when he can find a man to follow?
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- I waited on War Bonnet when he went to the hunt, and learned war-craft from him.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- I will hunt out General O'Neill, and interview him on the field of slaughter.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Let's go and hunt him up—and we can settle about the pictures at the same time.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- "We were going to hunt up a parson in Upper Chester," said the Captain, sheepishly.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
Antonyms for hunt
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