Snipe Hunt Definition

noun
An elaborate practical joke in which an unsuspecting person takes part in a bogus hunt for a snipe, typically being left alone in the dark with instructions not to move until the snipe appears.
American Heritage
A futile search or endeavor.
American Heritage

(idiomatic) A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.

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

Other Word Forms of Snipe Hunt

Noun

Singular:
snipe hunt
Plural:
snipe-hunts

Origin of Snipe Hunt

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

    From Wiktionary

  • snipe + hunt

    From Wiktionary

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