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English
Etymology
From "The hunt is up", the name of an old hunting song.
Noun
hunt's-up (plural hunt's-ups)
- (obsolete) A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any rousing sound or call.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Since arme from arme that voyce doth vs affray,
Hunting thee hence, with Hunts-vp to the day
1605, Michael Drayton, The Third Eclogue:Time plays the hunt's-up to thy sleepy head.
- (obsolete) Any disturbing sound or noise; a racket, a disturbance.
1664, Charles Cotton, Scarronides:I'll play theſe Rake-hells such a Hunts up, / As were they ſhee's would turn their ⸺ up.
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