Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun snipe_hunt

1 sense of snipe hunt

Sense 1
snipe hunt -- (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")
       => practical joke -- (a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish))