hunt for (verb)
31still-hunt — verb hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing • Syn: ↑ambush • Derivationally related forms: ↑ambush (for: ↑ambush), ↑ambusher (for: ↑ …
32look for — verb 1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (Freq. 50) The police are searching for clues They are searching for the missing man in the entire county • Syn: ↑search, ↑seek • Derivationally related forms: ↑s …
33job-hunt — job hunter ˈjob ˌhunter noun [countable] someone who is looking for a job; =job seeker: • Slowdowns in several big industries had made New York a desert for job hunters. job hunt noun [countable] : • She had just embarked on a job hunt in Chicago …
34job-hunt — job hunter, n. /job hunt /, v.i. to seek employment; look for a job. [1945 50] * * * v. [intrans.] [usu. as n.] job hunting informal seek employment Derivatives: job hunter n. * * * ˈjob hunt [job hunt …
35Guess-the-verb — Guess the verb, or guess the noun, is a problem sometimes encountered in text adventure or interactive fiction computer games which have a strict or lacking command set. Usually a game has two or more verbs for an action involving a special… …
36Stag Hunt Mosaic — The emblema of the Stag Hunt mosaic. The Stag Hunt mosaic (c. 300 BCE) by Gnosis is a mosaic from a wealthy home, the so called House of the Abduction of Helen (or House of the Rape of Helen ), in Pella, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom.… …
37look for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. research, pry, follow; see hunt 2 , search , seek 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To look forward to confidently: anticipate, await, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, wait (for). Informal:… …
38snipe hunt — 1. noun /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/ A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item. Syn: fools errand, wild goose chase 2. verb /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/ …
39head|hunt — «HEHD HUHNT», verb, noun. Informal. –v.i., v.t. to recruit executives for a business: »Arch was headhunting…to fill vacancies in a firm (London Times). –n. an instance of headhunting …
40still-hunt — Date: 1858 intransitive verb to ambush or stalk a quarry; especially to pursue game noiselessly usually without a dog transitive verb to lie in wait for ; approach by stealth …
