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hunt verb (hunted, hunting) 1 tr & intr to chase and kill (animals) for food or sport. 2 intrans, Brit to hunt animals, especially foxes, using hounds, and on horseback. 3 to seek out and pursue game over (a certain area). 4 to hound or drive with force. 5 mech to oscillate around a middle point, or to vary in speed. noun 1 the act of hunting. 2 a group of people meeting together on horses to hunt animals, especially foxes. 3 the area where such a group of people hunts. 4 a pack of hunting hounds. 5 a search. good hunting! colloq good luck!
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon huntian.

hunt after or for something or someone to search for it or them • hunt for a new house.

hunt someone or something down 1 to pursue and capture them or it. 2 to persecute them or it out of existence.

hunt someone or something out or up to search or seek something out.

hunt up or down bell-ringing to ring (a bell) progressively earlier or later respectively in a sequence. See also hunting2.