Definitions for hunt
hʌnthunt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hunt, Holman Hunt, William Holman Huntnoun

   Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

2. Hunt, Richard Morris Huntnoun

   United States architect (1827-1895)

3. Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Huntnoun

   British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

4. hunt, hunt clubnoun

   an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

5. huntnoun

   an instance of searching for something

   "the hunt for submarines"

6. search, hunt, huntingnoun

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

7. hunt, huntingnoun

   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

8. hunt, huntingverb

   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

9. hunt, run, hunt down, track downverb

   pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

   "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

10. hound, hunt, traceverb

    pursue or chase relentlessly

    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

11. huntverb

    chase away, with as with force

    "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

12. huntverb

    yaw back and forth about a flight path

    "the plane's nose yawed"

13. huntverb

    oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

    "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"

14. huntverb

    seek, search for

    "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"

15. huntverb

    search (an area) for prey

    "The King used to hunt these forests"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. huntnoun

   The act of hunting

2. huntnoun

   A hunting expedition

3. huntnoun

   An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to such an organization (capitalized if the name of a specific organization)

4. huntverb

   To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.

   Her uncle is out deer hunting, now that it is open season.

5. huntverb

   To try to find something; search.

   The little girl was hunting for shells on the beach.

6. huntverb

   To ride at a hunt.

   Did you hunt that pony last week?

7. Huntnoun

   An English occupational surname for a hunter (for game, birds etc).

8. Etymology: From hunten, from huntian, from huntōnan, from kend-. Related to hunda,
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   0343, huþ, hentan. More at hent, hint.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Huntnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A pack of hounds.

   The common hunt, though from their rage restrain’d
   By sov’reign pow’r, her company disdain’d,
   Grinn’d as they pass’d. John Dryden, Hind and Panther.

   2. A chace.

   The hunt is up, the morn is bright and gray;
   The fields are fragrant, and the woods are green. William Shakespeare.

   3. Pursuit.

   I’ve heard myself proclaim’d;
   And by the happy hollow of a tree,
   Escap’d the hunt. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

2. To HUNTverb

   Etymology: huntian, Saxon, from hund , a dog.

   1. To chase wild animals.

   The man that once did fell the lion’s skin,
   While the beast liv’d, was kill’d in hunting him. William Shakespeare, H. V.

   Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion, or fill the appetite of the young lions? Job xxxviii. 39.

   We should single every criminal out of the herd, and hunt him down, however formidable and overgrown; and, on the contrary, shelter and defend virtue. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. To pursue; to follow close.

   Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Ps. cxl.

   The heart strikes five hundred sort of pulses in an hour, and is hunted unto such continual palpitations, through anxiety, that fain would it break. Gideon Harvey, on Consumptions.

   3. To search for.

   Not certainly affirming any thing, but by conferring of times and monuments, I do hunt out a probability. Edmund Spenser.

   All that is found in books is not rightly deduced from the principles it is pretended to be built upon: such an examen every reader’s mind is not forward to make, especially in those who have given themselves up to a party, and only hunt for what may favour and support the tenets of it. John Locke.

   4. To direct or manage hounds in the chace.

   He hunts a pack of dogs better than any, and is famous for finding hares. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

3. To Huntverb

   1. To follow the chase.

   When he returns from hunting,
   I will not speak with him. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Esau went to the field to hunt for venison. Gen. xxvii. 5.

   One followed study and knowledge, and another hawking and hunting. John Locke.

   On the old pagan tombs masks, hunting matches, and Bacchanals are very common. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   2. To pursue or search.

   Very much of kin to this is the hunting after arguments to make good one side of a question, and wholly to neglect and refuse those which favour the other side. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hunt

   The Trøndelag Health Study (The HUNT Study) is a cohort health study performed in the Norwegian county of Trøndelag. HUNT is considered one of the most extensive cohort studies ever conducted in any country. The HUNT Research Centre, which is responsible for collecting and providing access to the data and samples from the study, is part of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).The study was primarily set up to address arterial hypertension, diabetes, screening of tuberculosis, and quality of life. However, the scope has expanded over time. The population based surveys now contribute to important knowledge regarding health related lifestyle, prevalence and incidence of somatic and mental illness and disease, health determinants, and associations between disease phenotypes and genotypes. Participants may be linked in families and followed up longitudinally between the surveys and in several national health- and other registers covering the total population. The HUNT Study includes data from questionnaires, interviews, clinical measurements and biological samples (blood and urine). The questionnaires include questions on socioeconomic conditions, health related behaviours, symptoms, illnesses and diseases.From the beginning, in 1984, every citizen of Nord-Trøndelag being 20 years or older, have been invited to all the surveys for adults, and more than 80% of the population (n=130,000) participated. The population of Nord-Trøndelag was both homogeneous and stable, making it especially suited for epidemiological genetic research. HUNT contains a unique database of personal and family medical histories collected during four surveys (HUNT1, 2, 3 and 4) since 1984. On January 1, 2018, the two counties Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag were merged into one county: Trøndelag, and from the fall of 2019, HUNT was expanded to include the entire county.As of 2017, 170 ph.ds and about 1,700 scientific articles were based on the HUNT material. New articles published in 2017 alone were 110.In 2017 The HUNT Study was awarded the Karl Evang Prize. This Norwegian prize was established in 1981, as a tribute to the former Director of Health, Karl Evang, for his social-medical pioneering efforts. The aim of the award is to stimulate interest and the work for public health and social conditions that have significance for this.

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1. hunt

   Hunt refers to the activity of tracking, chasing, and either capturing or killing wildlife or game animals for food, survival, or sport. It can also refer to the search or pursuit of something or someone in a figurative sense.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Huntverb

   to search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer

2. Huntverb

   to search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; -- often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence

3. Huntverb

   to drive; to chase; -- with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish

4. Huntverb

   to use or manage in the chase, as hounds

5. Huntverb

   to use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country

6. Huntverb

   to follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds

7. Huntverb

   to seek; to pursue; to search; -- with for or after

8. Huntnoun

   the act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search

9. Huntnoun

   the game secured in the hunt

10. Huntnoun

    a pack of hounds

11. Huntnoun

    an association of huntsmen

12. Huntnoun

    a district of country hunted over

13. Etymology: [AS. huntian to hunt; cf. hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. hinan (in comp.) to seize. 36. Cf. Hent.]

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1. Hunt

   Hunt is an unincorporated town in western Kerr County, Texas. It is located in the heart of the Texas hill country. The settlement was originally named Japonica; it was later changed to Hunt when Alva Joy purchased land in the area from Bob Hunt and established a US Post Office on the site. Hunt sits at the confluence of the North and South Forks of the Guadalupe River. The area around Hunt is home to many summer camps. The Stonehenge II replica was built on the North Fork north of Hunt; in the summer of 2012, Stonehenge II it was moved to the front yard of the Point Theater in nearby Ingram.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hunt

   hunt, v.t. to chase wild animals for prey or sport: to chase such over a country: to search for: to pursue.—v.i. to go out in pursuit of game: to search.—n. a chase of wild animals: search: a pack of hunting hounds: an association of huntsmen.—ns. Hunt′-count′er, a dog that runs back or counter on the scent, a worthless dog—hence (Shak.), a blunderer, and v.t. to retrace one's steps; Hunt′er (fem. Hunt′ress), one who hunts: a horse used in the chase: a watch whose face is protected, like the reverse, with a metal case; Half′-hunt′er, such a watch where that metal case has a small circle of glass let in, so that one can see the time without opening it; Hunt′ing, the pursuit of wild game, the chase; Hunt′ing-box, Hunt′ing-lodge, Hunt′ing-seat, a temporary residence for hunting; Hunt′ing-cap, a form of cap much worn in the hunting-field; Hunt′ing-cog, an extra cog in one of two geared wheels, by means of which the order of contact of cogs is changed at every revolution; Hunt′ing-crop, -whip, a short whip with a crooked handle and a loop of leather at the end, used in the hunting-field; Hunt′ing-ground, a place or region for hunting; Hunting-horn, a horn used in hunting, a bugle; Hunt′ing-knife, -sword, a knife or short sword used to despatch the game when caught, or to skin and cut it up; Hunt′ing-song, a song about hunting; Hunt′ing-tide, the season of hunting; Hunts′man, one who hunts: a servant who manages the hounds during the chase; Hunts′manship, the qualifications of a huntsman; Hunt's-up (Shak.), a tune or song intended to arouse huntsmen in the morning—hence, anything calculated to arouse.—Hunt down, to destroy by persecution or violence; Hunt out, up, after, to search for, seek; Hunt-the-gowk, to make an April fool (see April); Hunt-the-slipper, an old-fashioned game in which one in the middle of a ring tries to catch a shoe which those forming the ring upon the ground shove about under their hams from one to another.—Happy hunting-grounds, the paradise of the Red Indian; Mrs Leo Hunter, of 'The Den, Eatanswill,' a social lion-hunter in the Pickwick Papers whose husband hunts up all the newest celebrities to grace her breakfast parties. [A.S. huntian; A.S. hentan, to seize.]

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1. HUNT

   What does HUNT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the HUNT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HUNT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hunt is ranked #169 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hunt surname appeared 158,421 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 54 would have the surname Hunt.
   
   73.5% or 116,550 total occurrences were White.
   16.9% or 26,821 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 6,701 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.3% or 3,723 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.3% or 3,660 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 966 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hunt' in Nouns Frequency: #2861

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'hunt' in Verbs Frequency: #864

How to pronounce hunt?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say hunt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hunt in a Sentence

1. George R.R. Martin:

   If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells. --Prince Oberyn of Dorne.

2. Donald Trump:

   This is the witch hunt, theyve been trying to stop us for three years with a lot of crap.

3. Donald Trump:

   The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax.

4. Margrit Gabriele Müller:

   In Europe and America, falconry is a sport. But here in the Emirates, falconry was traditionally a means to hunt meat, life was very difficult in the desert and falcons were essential to the survival of Bedouin families.

5. Richard Welch daughter:

   I think that they are going on allegations from people that are liars, i think it's a witch hunt. I know in my heart my dad would not do something like that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hunt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hunt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hunt
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hunt
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hunt
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html