Etymology

From fox +‎ huntCategory:English compound terms#FOXHUNT.

Noun

foxhunt (plural foxhunts)Category:English lemmas#FOXHUNTCategory:English nouns#FOXHUNTCategory:English countable nouns#FOXHUNTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FOXHUNTCategory:Pages with entries#FOXHUNTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FOXHUNT

1. A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
   • 1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:

     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, […] .

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2. A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.

   Synonym: bunny hunt

Verb

foxhunt (third-person singular simple present foxhunts, present participle foxhunting, simple past and past participle foxhunted)Category:English lemmas#FOXHUNTCategory:English verbs#FOXHUNTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FOXHUNTCategory:Pages with entries#FOXHUNTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#FOXHUNT

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#FOXHUNT) To hunt foxes, usually with dogs.
   • 2009 January 30, David Weston, “The Right Rev Ian Harland”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

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See also

• foxhunt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia