house-hunt
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]house-hunt (third-person singular simple present house-hunts, present participle house-hunting, simple past and past participle house-hunted)
- To search for a house to buy or rent.
- 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 58:
- He was in London at the end of August house hunting[.]
Noun
[edit]house-hunt (plural house-hunts)
- The act of searching for a house to buy or rent.
- 1980 August 30, Amy Hoffman, “Lesbian Family Retreats to the Safe Sex '50s”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9:
- Laura uses her money to keep her doors tightly shut and her privacy intact. Of course, this is never completely possible. When challenged about her relationship with Jane by a real estate agent during their house-hunt in the suburbs, Laura says that the two of them are sisters. Jane gets angry at Laura for lying.