English

Noun

snipe hunt ‎(plural snipe hunts)

1. (idiomatic) A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.
   • 2012 December 13, Lucy Liu as Watson, “The Leviathan”, in Elementary, season 1, episode 10:

     And you asked Charles Briggs for the name of the man who bought the secret, and he gives you a legend. A man who might not even exist. You know what, this is a snipe hunt.

Synonyms

• (prank): fool's errand, wild goose chase

Translations

Verb

snipe hunt ‎(third-person singular simple present snipe hunts, present participle snipe hunting, simple past and past participle snipe hunted)

1. (intransitive) To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt.