Hunts

Meaning of Hunts

verb, 3rd person present
  1. pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food.
    in the autumn they hunted deer
    they hunted and fished
  2. search determinedly for someone or something.
    he desperately hunted for a new job
  3. (of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state.
    on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner
  4. (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.
plural noun
  1. an act of hunting wild animals or game.
    a bear-hunt
  2. a search.
    police launched a hunt for the killer
  3. an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.

Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century).

Information about Hunts

  • The singular form of Hunts is: Hunt.
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Hyphenation of Hunts

Hunts

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Hunts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Hunts synonyms

Meaning pursue in order to catch or catch up with:

chase

Meaning follow or chase (someone or something):

pursue

Meaning the main stem of a herbaceous plant:

stalk

Meaning pursue (game, especially hares) with greyhounds using sight rather than scent:

course

Meaning follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course:

track

Meaning draw or be drawn along behind someone or something:

trail, trailing

Meaning go after (someone) in order to observe or monitor them:

follow

Meaning follow and observe (someone) closely and secretly:

shadow

Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:

hound

Meaning follow (someone) closely and persistently:

dog

Meaning follow:

tail

Meaning try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly:

search

Meaning direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction:

look

Meaning attempt to find (something):

seek, seeking

Meaning the action of pursuing someone or something:

pursuit

Meaning pursue or approach stealthily:

stalking

Meaning the sport of hunting game animals such as hares with greyhounds using sight rather than scent:

coursing

Meaning the maintenance of a constant difference in frequency between two or more connected circuits or components:

tracking

Meaning envelop in shadow; cast a shadow over:

shadowing

Meaning the residue of something, especially ore:

tailing

Meaning a long or arduous search for something:

quest

Meaning search unsystematically and untidily through something:

rummaging

Meaning (of a person or animal) search widely for food or provisions:

foraging

Anagrams of Hunts

shunt

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