Meanings
plural foxhunts
- 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 - A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.
Synonyms: bunny hunt
present singular third person foxhunts · participle present foxhunting · participle past foxhunted · past foxhunted
- intransitiveTo 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.
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Origin
Translations
Dutch vossenjacht
- vossenjachta hunt for foxes
Esperanto vulpoĉasado
- vulpoĉasadoa hunt for foxes
Estonian rebasejaht
- rebasejahta hunt for foxes
Finnish ketunmetsästys
- ketunmetsästysa hunt for foxes
French chasse au renard
- chasse au renarda hunt for foxes
German Fuchsjagd
- Fuchsjagda hunt for foxes
Polish polowanie na lisy, polowanie na radia
- polowanie na lisya hunt for foxes
- polowanie na radiaa hunt for radios
- polować na lisyto hunt foxes
Portuguese caça à raposa
- caça à raposaa hunt for foxes
Swedish rävjakt
- rävjakta hunt for foxes
Cite this entry
foxhunt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foxhunt
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