Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hare_and_hounds

1 sense of hare and hounds

Sense 1
paper chase, hare and hounds -- (an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot)
       => game -- (an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games")