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snipe huntnoun1An act of hunting wild snipe: a dog is helpful on a snipe hunt, especially for retrieving...- A snipe hunt is more than a shooting lesson, and snipe are far more than mere targets.
- The traditional hunting of doves, ducks, quail and turkey may yield a bigger bird, but the actual thrill of the snipe hunt is equal to these pursuits - and thus a worthy endeavor.
- What other activities occurred over the weekend? A little four-wheeler riding, a little shed hunting, and an impromptu snipe hunt.
2US A practical joke in which an unwitting victim is sent in pursuit of something that does not exist: one or two gullible youths are selected to participate in the notorious snipe hunt...- Send all the campers on a snipe hunt and don't let them return until they've caught one.
- Because he's a nice guy he does not send me on a snipe hunt, and tell me to ask the clerk for "super-anticonductor orange wire nuts".
- Our fun at the time was throwing junk into the firepit, ambushing each other with water balloons, sending the newbies out on Snipe hunts, and otherwise blowing off steam in the woods.
2.1A foolish or hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable; a wild goose chase: case after case, I end up wading my way through some time-consuming snipe hunt...- You listen to me and quit your snipe hunt.
- The police are way out of bounds in their ill-conceived snipe hunt.
- This was a proverbial snipe hunt, since we never found our quarry.
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