🦌 To chase animals 🦌 Animal pursuit 🏃 To chase someone 🔍 A careful search 🔍 To search 🤠 Hunting club 🚫 To drive out ↔️ To move unsteadily

hunt

190 2.1

A careful search for something or someone

noun
/hʌnt/

: búsqueda

We're still on the hunt for Bangkok's best view.
scavenger hunt
treasure hunt
witch hunt

And so the, the, the the hunt was to find out why.

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Examples

I was a precocious reader, crazy for books, and always on the hunt for something to read.

Academic text (2015)
Yet the country has not joined the global hunt for replacement skills.

Academic text (2002)
- Still on the hunt, huh? -

Jingle All the Way (1996)
I really went on a hunt to find my next passion.
We are going on a hunt.

Reign of Chaos (2022)
But until then, the hunt for next year's vaccine is on.
This is like a treasure hunt.

Rat Race (2001)
They therefore are constantly on the hunt for food.
I've been on the hunt for a tan that works.
The treasure map led us on an exciting hunt for hidden gold.

Synonyms

vshunt

∞ 1.0

An act of looking for something or someone

is more careful and focused rather than general looking

scouting

vshunt

46 3.4

Exploring a place to find information, often to learn about the land or dangers

is about careful looking for a person or thing, not information gathering

hunting

vshunt

43 2.2

Looking carefully to find something or someone

is the same sense but viewed as a single event

seeking

vshunt

1 2.9

Trying to find or get something you want

is focused on finding people or things rather than obtaining goals

scouring

vshunt

1 4.6

A careful search of a place to find something lost

is careful but less intensely thorough across an area

search mission

vshunt

1 3.7

A planned activity to find a missing person or thing

is the same process but not necessarily organized as an operation

Idioms

dog in the hunt

Informal

8.2

A person who cares about the result and is actively involved

like a dog in the hunt

Informal

9.6

Very eager and determined to get something

to hunt a white whale

Informal

9.3

To try to reach a very difficult or impossible goal for a long time

to hunt where the ducks are

Informal

6.8

To look for chances where you are most likely to succeed

to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

Archaic

9.9

To support two opposite sides at the same time

Compounds

witch-hunt

Literature

85 7.7

A campaign to unfairly find and punish people for their beliefs or actions

treasure hunt

16 2.8

A game in which people follow clues to find hidden objects or prizes

thrill of the hunt

3 6.8

A strong feeling of excitement when you search for something or try to get it

deer hunt

1 3.1

An occasion when people chase and kill deer for sport or food

hunt club

1 5.0

A group of people who meet to hunt for sport

canned hunt

1 9.8

A hunt where animals kept in a fenced area are chased and killed for trophies

snipe hunt

Informal

1 9.9

A prank that sends someone to look for something that does not exist

still hunt

Jargon

1 8.1

A way of hunting where the hunter moves very quietly or waits in one spot to surprise animals

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Specialized

9.1

A rare illness from a virus that causes facial paralysis, ear pain, dizziness and sometimes hearing loss

How Thorough

manhunt

65 5.8

hunt

190 2.1

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

hunt singular

hunts plural

Etymology

Hunt comes from the idea 'to chase', and that picture of chasing made people use hunt for a careful search, like chasing after a lost item until you find it.