scavenger hunt

noun

: a game in which players try to acquire without buying specified items within a time limit

Examples of scavenger hunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pick a day or two a week, leave the phones indoors, invite some neighborhood kids to join, and engage in outdoor activities like a short hike, a scavenger hunt, or a walking tour of a new neighborhood. —Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Parents, 3 July 2025

Hollow Earth Fest Enjoy wacky games, historical discussions with the Butler Co. Historic Society and Historic Hamilton, a geocaching scavenger hunt, live music, food trucks and kids’ zone. —Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

This year’s event will include a scavenger hunt designed for dog lovers with or without pets to discover local businesses while completing a puzzle with a pet theme. —La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025

What: Ribbon-cutting event, facility tours and children’s scavenger hunt When: 1 to 5 p.m. —Mars King, Twin Cities, 29 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scavenger hunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• blunt

Kids Definition

scavenger hunt

noun

: a party contest in which players are sent out usually in pairs to obtain without buying unusual objects within a fixed length of time