snipe hunt

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English

WOTD – 1 April 2008
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

snipe hunt (plural snipe hunts)

  1. (idiomatic) A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.
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    Synonyms: fool's errand, wild goose chase

Translations

Verb

snipe hunt (third-person singular simple present snipe hunts, present participle snipe hunting, simple past and past participle snipe hunted)

  1. (intransitive) To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt.
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