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

Fans across the globe are now accusing her of using AI in her promotional videos, which were released in the form of a scavenger hunt on Google this weekend. —Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025

But after arriving to the property, she’s lured into a desperate scavenger hunt down a perilous rabbit hole. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025

Enjoy walking tours, a jigsaw puzzle contest, cider and doughnuts, a scavenger hunt, bike tours, live music, fudge making, nature hike, a mural, pumpkin carving, s'mores, photo sessions, watercolor class, Fort Mackinac cannon firing and more, the tourism bureau said. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025

Live music by Joe Blanchard was playing in the backdrop, while kids were searching around for a scavenger hunt. —Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 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