Hunt

What “Hunt” means

Verb

1. To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
2. To try to find something; search (for).
3. To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
4. To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

Noun

1. The act of hunting.
2. A hunting expedition.
3. An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
4. A pack of hunting dogs.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint. In some areas read as a collective form of hound by folk etymology.

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• Hunting Outfitter