snipe hunt

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To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt
A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item
an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it; "in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage
snipe hunts
plural form of snipe hunt
snipe hunt

    التركية النطق

    snayp hʌnt

    المترادفات

    fool's errand, wild goose chase

    النطق

    /ˈsnīp ˈhənt/ /ˈsnaɪp ˈhʌnt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () * snipe + hunt * Based on the snipe, a family of shorebirds that are notoriously difficult to hunt.
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