simple past tense and past participle of witch-hunt

simple past tense and past participle of drag hunt

simple past tense and past participle of trail hunt

simple past tense and past participle of hunt where the ducks are

(Britain) A person who does not approve of hunting and tries to sabotage it; used especially in reference to fox hunting.

(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.

(informal) To perform a witch-hunt.

Scarlet, as worn by fox-hunters. / (in the plural) The traditional scarlet jacket and related attire worn by fox-hunters.

(idiomatic) A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.

(intransitive) To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt.