SNIPE HUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snipe hunt mean? 

• SNIPE HUNT (noun)
  The noun SNIPE HUNT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SNIPE HUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNIPE HUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage

Hypernyms ("snipe hunt" is a kind of...):

practical joke (a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish))