manhunt
nounattested in dialogue
- United States//ˈmænˌhʌnt//
An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
noun
- 1
An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.
- 2
A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.
Manhunt is a variant of hide-and-seek, she tells me. One person is the seeker. Everyone else hides. If the seeker finds you, you become a seeker, too.
Etymology
From man + hunt.
Forms
- plural
- manhunts
manhattan · a bar chart representing the number of runs scored in each…Manhattan · An indigenous people of North America who lived in present…manhood · The state or condition of being a human being.
manhunt · An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
Mani · A peninsula on the Peloponnese in Greece.maniac · An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.manic · Characterized by mania or craziness; wicked.