Dictionary

manhunt en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmænˌhʌnt/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From man + hunt.

Meanings

1. An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
   • After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.
2. (qualifier: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:

Forms

Deriveds

manhunter · manhunting · womanhunt

Translations (31)

be прасле́дванне (organized search) · de Verbrecherjagd (organized search) · uk обла́ва (organized search) · ru обла́ва (organized search) · pl pościg (organized search) · fi etsintä (organized search) · de Menschenjagd (organized search) · ru пресле́дование (organized search) · bg пресле́дване (organized search) · be вы́шук (organized search) · mk по́тера (organized search) · be прасьле́дваньне (organized search) · uk ро́зшук (organized search) · el ανθρωποκυνηγητό (organized search) · es cacería humana (organized search) · fr chasse à l'homme (organized search) · mk ха́јка (organized search) · nl klopjacht (organized search) · es persecución (organized search) · cmn 搜捕 (organized search) · ru ро́зыск (organized search) · pl obława (organized search) · bg ха́йка (organized search) · fi ihmisjahti (organized search) · de Großfahndung (organized search) · be абла́ва (organized search) · de Fahndung (organized search) · he מָצוֹד (organized search) · uk переслі́дування (organized search) · it caccia all'uomo (organized search) · es cacería (organized search)