scavenger hunt
UK/ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)hʌnt/
scavenger hunt noun: a game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list.
Noun
scavenger hunt (plural scavenger hunts)
- A game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list.
- Before he died, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the hermit-like, socially maladjusted tech genius who created The Oasis, hid an Easter egg somewhere in the circuitry, scattering bread crumbs that lead to its location. Find the egg, and the mogul’s fortune—along with total control of his digital...2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018
Forms of scavenger hunt
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Origin of scavenger hunt
From scavenger + hunt.
Questions about scavenger hunt
- What does scavenger hunt mean?
- Scavenger hunt means a game in which individuals or teams seek to find a number of specific items, or perform tasks, as given in a list.
- What part of speech is scavenger hunt?
- Scavenger hunt is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scavenger hunt?
- Scavenger hunt is pronounced /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)hʌnt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scavenger hunt?
- The plural of scavenger hunt is scavenger hunts.
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