snipe hunt

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von snipe hunt im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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Englisch - Englisch

Definition von snipe hunt im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt

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

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

Relevante Übersetzungen

snipe hunts

plural form of snipe hunt

Türkische aussprache

snayp hʌnt

Synonyme

fool's errand, wild goose chase

Aussprache

/ˈsnīp ˈhənt/ /ˈsnaɪp ˈhʌnt/

Etymologie

() * snipe + hunt * Based on the snipe, a family of shorebirds that are notoriously difficult to hunt.