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fox hunt

fox hunt is the alternative form of foxhunt.

Meaning of foxhunt

Noun

foxhunt (plural foxhunts)

  1. A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
    • It had been intended originally to electrify to Ponteland, but opposition from a local foxhunt in those early days of the century caused the proposal to be abandoned, […].1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662
  2. A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.
    Synonyms:
    bunny hunt

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Forms of fox hunt

pluralfox hunts

Questions about fox hunt

What is fox hunt the alternative form of?
Fox hunt is the alternative form of foxhunt.

Words near fox hunt in the dictionary

  1. fox grapes
  2. fox guarding the henhouse
  3. Fox Harbour
  4. fox hole
  5. fox holes
  6. fox hunt
  7. fox hunter
  8. fox hunting
  9. fox hunts
  10. fox in the box
  11. fox in the henhouse

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