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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of kloppen (“to knock, to beat”) + jacht (“hunt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɔp.jɑxt/
- Hyphenation: klop‧jacht
Noun
klopjacht f (plural klopjachten, diminutive klopjachtje n)
- (originally) battue, hunt where game is driven into the open by loud beating sounds
- (by extension) manhunt or (less common) raid, an organised pursuit of a targeted person
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