fox huntingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfɒks ˌhʌn.tɪŋ/us/ˈfɑːks ˌhʌn.t̬ɪŋ/the activity of hunting foxes for entertainment in which people on horses follow dogs which chase a fox and kill it when they catch it
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- hunted
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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fox hunt
noun [ C ] ukus
Examples from literature
- He found himself in a little hall decorated with many trophies of fox hunting.
- The proprietor must have been very fond of fox hunting from the number of hounds that made an attack on him as he rode up the avenue, and which was so sudden that it brought out the entire household.