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Definition of Snipe hunt
1. Noun. 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. "In the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage"
Definition of Snipe hunt
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To participate, as the gullible victim, in a ''snipe hunt''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snipe Hunt
Literary usage of Snipe hunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of by George Magruder Battey (1922)
"There is no snob in the world who won't fall for a snipe hunt.—8-12-21. snipe hunt
PLANS. By Lee J. Langley. George Battey asked me in his column last ..."
2. When Railroads Were New by Charles Frederick Carter (1909)
"Many a snipe hunt was organized, in which the credulous one from the East was
inveigled out to a swamp to hold a bag all night, waiting for his new-found ..."
3. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"Next day the "snipe hunt" is known all over the regiment and the recruits feel
like deserting. If you are in the cavalry keep your " The Saber weather eye ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
"There is the coward, too, who makes an excuse about permissions when he is summoned
to go on a "snipe hunt,"—a camp boy knows what that means; the conceited ..."
5. The Boys' Book of Sports: And Outdoor Life by Maurice Thompson (1886)
"Neil had made some drawings of the rail and snipe, and put a description of the
snipe-hunt in his diary. They did not stop to shoot any more until they ..."
6. The Boys' Book of Sports: And Outdoor Life by Beard, E Clement, De Vinne Press, Century Company (1886)
"Neil had made some drawings of the rail and snipe, and put a description of the
snipe-hunt in his diary. They did not stop to shoot any more until they ..."
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