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hunt the gowk

hunt the gowk verb: to go on a fool's errand, on which one is sent as a prank.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, dialectal) To go on a fool's errand, on which one is sent as a prank.

Forms of hunt the gowk

third-person singular presenthunts the gowk
present participlehunting the gowk
past participlehunted the gowk
pasthunted the gowk

Questions about hunt the gowk

What does hunt the gowk mean?
Hunt the gowk means to go on a fool's errand, on which one is sent as a prank.
What part of speech is hunt the gowk?
Hunt the gowk is a verb.
What is the past tense of hunt the gowk?
The past tense of hunt the gowk is hunted the gowk.

Words near hunt the gowk in the dictionary

  1. hunt down
  2. hunt out
  3. hunt saboteur
  4. hunt saboteurs
  5. hunt seat
  6. hunt the gowk
  7. hunt the slipper
  8. hunt up
  9. hunt where the ducks are
  10. hunt where the ducks were
  11. Hunt's Cross

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