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book-hunt

book-hunt verb: to seek out rare or valuable books.

Verb

book-hunt (third-person singular simple present book-hunts, present participle book-hunting, simple past and past participle book-hunted)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To seek out rare or valuable books.

Noun

book-hunt (plural book-hunts)

  1. An instance of seeking out of rare or valuable books.

Forms of book-hunt

Verb
third-person singular presentbook-hunts
present participlebook-hunting
past participlebook-hunted
pastbook-hunted
Noun
pluralbook-hunts

Origin of book-hunt

From book + hunt.

Words formed from book-hunt

Questions about book-hunt

What does book-hunt mean?
Book-hunt means to seek out rare or valuable books.
What part of speech is book-hunt?
Book-hunt can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of book-hunt?
The past tense of book-hunt is book-hunted.

Words near book-hunt in the dictionary

  1. book-farmers
  2. book-ghoul
  3. book-ghouls
  4. book-holder
  5. book-holders
  6. book-hunt
  7. book-hunted
  8. book-hunting
  9. book-hunts
  10. book-keep
  11. book-keeper

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