Word of the Day:
manhunt
What It Means
An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
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.
After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.
Manhunt in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From man + hunt.
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