foxhunt
noun, verb
foxhunt is a noun meaning “A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-X-H-U-N-T, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of foxhunt is foxhunts.
What does foxhunt mean?
noun
- 1
A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
- 2
A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.
verb
- 1
To hunt foxes, usually with dogs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foxhunt
- foxhunts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- foxhunting participle, present
- foxhunted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foxhunt?
Foxhunt appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foxhunt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a hunt for foxes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chasse au renard |
| German | Fuchsjagd |
| Portuguese | caça à raposa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foxhunt come from?
From fox + hunt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).