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good hunting! Definition


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hunt
verb hunted, hunting
    tr & intr
    1. To chase and kill (animals) for food or sport.
    (Brit)
    intr
    2. 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.
Idiom: good hunting!
    colloq
    Good luck!
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon huntian.

Phrasal Verb: hunt after or for something or someone
    To search for it or them
      Example: hunt for a new house.
Phrasal Verb: hunt someone or something down
    To pursue and capture them or it.To persecute them or it out of existence.
Phrasal Verb: hunt someone or something out or up
    To search or seek something out.
Phrasal Verb: hunt up or down
    To ring (a bell) progressively earlier or later respectively in a sequence. See also hunting2.


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