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FOX HUNTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fox hunting mean? 

FOX HUNTING (noun)
  The noun FOX HUNTING has 1 sense:

1. mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a foxplay

  Familiarity information: FOX HUNTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOX HUNTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fox hunting; foxhunt

Hypernyms ("fox hunting" is a kind of...):

hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

Derivation:

foxhunt (hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs)


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