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foxhunt en · NOUN

Etymology

From fox + hunt.

Meanings

1. A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
   • It had been intended originally to electrify to Ponteland, but opposition from a local foxhunt in those early days of the century caused the proposal to be abandoned, […]. 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:
2. A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
foxhunts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

bunny hunt

Translations (10)

de Fuchsjagd (a hunt for foxes) · et rebasejaht (a hunt for foxes) · pt caça à raposa (a hunt for foxes) · fr chasse au renard (a hunt for foxes) · eo vulpoĉasado (a hunt for foxes) · fi ketunmetsästys (a hunt for foxes) · sv rävjakt (a hunt for foxes) · pl polowanie na radia (a hunt for radios) · nl vossenjacht (a hunt for foxes) · pl polowanie na lisy (a hunt for foxes)

foxhunt en · VERB

Etymology

From fox + hunt.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To hunt foxes, usually with dogs.
   • He kept a small flock of sheep at Rose Castle, the palace of the bishops of Carlisle, and enjoyed the mild notoriety he accrued through his support for foxhunting in the House of Lords. 2009 January 30, David Weston, “The Right Rev Ian Harland”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
foxhunted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
foxhunted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
foxhunts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
foxhunting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Relateds

fox hunting · foxhunter

Translations (1)

pl polować na lisy (to hunt foxes)