hunt

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Pronunciations

hunt (HUUNT) listen

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Definitions

  • n. (literally or figuratively) A dog.

Example Sentences

  • "Did you hear Taylor is going to get another hunt?"

  • "What a lousy hunt!"

  • "No wonder he withheld his name , hes a karger hint." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • הונט hunt

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      hont, hund, hond, hind, hint

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