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house-hunted

house-hunted is the simple past and past participle of house-hunt.

Meaning of house-hunt

Verb

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

  1. (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

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Questions about house-hunted

What is house-hunted the simple past and past participle of?
House-hunted is the simple past and past participle of house-hunt.

Words near house-hunted in the dictionary

  1. house-flags
  2. house-green
  3. house-heating
  4. house-heatings
  5. house-hunt
  6. house-hunted
  7. house-hunter
  8. house-hunters
  9. house-hunting
  10. house-hunts
  11. house-keeper

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