snipe hunt

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение snipe hunt в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

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Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение snipe hunt в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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

Связанные Термины

snipe hunts

plural form of snipe hunt

Турецкое произношение

snayp hʌnt

Синонимы

fool's errand, wild goose chase

Произношение

/ˈsnīp ˈhənt/ /ˈsnaɪp ˈhʌnt/

Этимология

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