[hʌnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food
(e.g: in the autumn they hunted deer)

- search determinedly for someone or something
(e.g: he desperately hunted for a new job)

- (of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state
(e.g: on weak stereo signals this circuit can hunt over mono and stereo in a very disconcerting manner)

- (in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century)

[hʌnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of hunting wild animals or game
(e.g: a bear-hunt)

- a search
(e.g: police launched a hunt for the killer)

- an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English huntian, of Germanic origin. Sense 4 dates from the late 17th century, and is probably based on the idea of the bells pursuing one another; it gave rise to the sense ‘oscillate about a desired speed’ (late 19th century)