house-hunt

house-hunt noun: the act of searching for a house to purchase or rent.

Noun

house-hunt (plural house-hunts)

The act of searching for a house to purchase or rent.
- Laura uses her money to keep her doors tightly shut and her privacy intact. Of course, this is never completely possible. When challenged about her relationship with Jane by a real estate agent during their house-hunt in the suburbs, Laura says that the two of them are sisters. Jane gets angry at...1980 August 30, Amy Hoffman, “Lesbian Family Retreats to the Safe Sex '50s”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9

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

(intransitive) To search for a house to purchase or rent.
- He was in London at the end of August house hunting[.]1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 58

Noun
plural	house-hunts
Verb
third-person singular present	house-hunts
present participle	house-hunting
past participle	house-hunted
past	house-hunted

What does house-hunt mean?: House-hunt means the act of searching for a house to purchase or rent.
What part of speech is house-hunt?: House-hunt can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of house-hunt?: The plural of house-hunt is house-hunts.

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