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manhunts

manhunts is the plural of manhunt.

Meaning of manhunt

Noun

manhunt (plural manhunts)

  1. An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
    • After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.
  2. (playground games) A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.
    • Manhunt is a variant of hide-and-seek, she tells me. One person is the seeker. Everyone else hides. If the seeker finds you, you become a seeker, too.2019 February 1, Dave Atkinson, “The Storyline: Raising kids in your hometown a lot of fun”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2019

Questions about manhunts

What is manhunts the plural of?
Manhunts is the plural of manhunt.

Words near manhunts in the dictionary

  1. manhugs
  2. manhunt
  3. manhunter
  4. manhunters
  5. manhunting
  6. manhunts
  7. manhwa
  8. manhwaga
  9. manhwagas
  10. manhwas
  11. Manhès process

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