hunt's-up

[ huhnts-uhp ]

noun
  1. (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.

Origin of hunt's-up

1
1530–40; from phrase (the) hunt is up

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How to use hunt's-up in a sentence

  • If he hunts up my address on Madison Avenue, the hall boy will send him there.

    The Ghost Breaker | Charles Goddard
  • Nash, who had a vehement style; his "Hunts-up," a song which obtained him "much favor," was one of his most celebrated efforts.

  • But when he saw that ox, he just opens the tin box and claps the creature inside and then hunts up Ossy.

    The Sun Maid | Evelyn Raymond
  • Juliet says of the lark's song, 'that voice doth us affray, Hunting thee hence with hunts-up to the day.'

    Shakespeare and Music | Edward W. Naylor
  • If not he gets out the little guide book he carries, and patiently hunts up the street or the building you want.

    Home Life in Germany | Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick