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Snipe Hunt

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Noun

1. snipe hunt

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

Example Sentences:
'in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Snipe Hunt

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n.
1. 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.
2. A futile search or endeavor.

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