pursuit chase pursual following | the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture, the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit |
witch-hunt | searching out and harassing dissenters |
pastime interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
hunt hunting | the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport |
canned hunt | a hunt for animals that have been raised on game ranches until they are mature enough to be killed for trophy collections |
deer hunting deer hunt | hunting deer |
treasure hunt | a game in which players try to find hidden articles by using a series of clues |
snipe hunt | an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it, in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage |
hunt hunting | the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts |
stalk stalking still hunt | a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush |
search hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
right to the pursuit of happiness | the right to try to find happiness |
hunt | an instance of searching for something, the hunt for submarines |
pursuit pursuance quest | a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria, the pursuit of love, life is more than the pursuance of fame, a quest for wealth |
hunt hunt club | an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport |
demagogue demagog rabbleouser | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
Hunt Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt | British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (-) |
Hunt Richard Morris Hunt | United States architect (-) |
Hunt Holman Hunt William Holman Hunt | Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (-) |
Jackson Helen Hunt Jackson Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson | United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (-) |
Morgan Thomas Hunt Morgan | United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (-) |
Ramsay Hunt syndrome | syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus, characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss |
still-hunt ambush | hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing |
hunt run hunt down track down | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals), Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland, The dogs are running deer, The Duke hunted in these woods |
hunt | search (an area) for prey, The King used to hunt these forests |
hunt | seek, search for, She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them |
hunt | oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent, The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency |
hound hunt trace | pursue or chase relentlessly, The hunters traced the deer into the woods, the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him |
hunt | yaw back and forth about a flight path, the plane's nose yawed |
hunt | chase away, with as with force, They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood |
alleged(a) so-called supposed | doubtful or suspect, these so-called experts are no help |