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foxhunt

foxhunt noun: a hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.

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

Verb

foxhunt (third-person singular simple present foxhunts, present participle foxhunting, simple past and past participle foxhunted)

  1. (intransitive) To hunt foxes, usually with dogs.
    • He kept a small flock of sheep at Rose Castle, the palace of the bishops of Carlisle, and enjoyed the mild notoriety he accrued through his support for foxhunting in the House of Lords.2009 January 30, David Weston, “The Right Rev Ian Harland”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of foxhunt

Forms of foxhunt

Noun
pluralfoxhunts
Verb
third-person singular presentfoxhunts
present participlefoxhunting
past participlefoxhunted
pastfoxhunted

Origin of foxhunt

From fox + hunt.

Questions about foxhunt

What does foxhunt mean?
Foxhunt means a hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
What part of speech is foxhunt?
Foxhunt can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of foxhunt?
The plural of foxhunt is foxhunts.

Words near foxhunt in the dictionary

  1. foxhood
  2. foxhound
  3. foxhounds
  4. Foxhoven
  5. Foxhow
  6. foxhunt
  7. foxhunted
  8. foxhunter
  9. foxhunters
  10. foxhunting
  11. foxhunts

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