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snipe hunts

snipe hunts is the plural of snipe hunt.

snipe hunts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snipe hunt.

Meaning of snipe hunt

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.
    • 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.2012 December 13, “The Leviathan”, in Elementary, season 1, episode 10, spoken by Watson (Lucy Liu)

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Questions about snipe hunts

What is snipe hunts the plural of?
Snipe hunts is the plural of snipe hunt.

Words near snipe hunts in the dictionary

  1. snipe flies
  2. snipe fly
  3. snipe hunt
  4. snipe hunted
  5. snipe hunting
  6. snipe hunts
  7. snipebill
  8. snipebills
  9. sniped
  10. snipefish
  11. snipefishes

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