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Snipe Hunt

nounid 126510·updated May 18, 2026
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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

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Variants

plural
Snipe Hunts
possessive
Snipe Hunt's
pluralpossessive
Snipe Hunts'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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
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