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Snipe hunt

//ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item. idiomatic

    "And you asked Charles Briggs for the name of the man who bought the secret, and he gives you a legend. A man who might not even exist. You know what, this is a snipe hunt."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

* snipe + hunt * Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt is a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies.

Etymology 2

* snipe + hunt * Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt is a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies.

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