SNIPE HUNT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • 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
    Usage Example(s)
    • in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage
    Hypernyms(s) snipe hunt is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower