noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈmænˌhʌnt/
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CMU ARPABET:M AE1 N HH AH2 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: playground games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: search, hunt, hunting
History
Etymology
From man + hunt.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
