/ Dictionary / Index W witch hunt: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: witch' hunt" Pronunciation: [key] an intensive effort to discover and expose disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty, or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence. witch-hunt Pronunciation: (wich'hunt"), [key] — v.t. to subject to a witch hunt. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. witch hobble witching Related Content Daily Word Quiz: stringent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language