Definitions of red herring [ˈrɛdˌhɛd]

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Definition of 'red herring'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) red herring
a smoked herring.

2. red herring
something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand; a misleading clue.

3. red herring
a tentative financial prospectus describing a proposed offering, as of stocks, that has not yet been officially registered or approved: so called because the front cover must carry a special notice printed in red.

Etymology: (1375–1425)

Definition of 'red herring'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) red herring
any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

2. (noun) red herring, smoked herring
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

3. (noun) preliminary prospectus, red herring
a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
"because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"

Translation of 'red herring'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something that leads people away from the main point in a discussion.
Afrikaans: aandagafleier	Arabic: شَيءٌ يُرادُ به صَرْف الإ	Bulgarian: нещо, което отвлича внима
Brazilian: pista falsa	Czech: odvedení pozornosti	German: das Ablenkungsmanöver
Danish: afledningsmanøvre	Greek: περισπασμός	Spanish: cosa que distrae/despista
Estonian: pettemanööver	Farsi: گمراه کردن	Finnish: harhautus
French: diversion	Hebrew: מְסִיח אֶת הַדַעָת	Hindi: चर्चा में मुख्य विषय से भ
Croatian: onošto skreće pažnju s gl	Hungarian: elterelő mozzanat	Indonesian: penyimpangan
Icelandic: e-ð sem dregur athyglina	Italian: (pista falsa)	Japanese: まどわすもの
Korean: 남의 관심을 딴 데로 돌리게 하는 것	Lithuanian: apgaulingas manevras	Latvian: maldinošs gājiens
Malay: lari dari tajuk	Dutch: afleidingsmanoeuvre	Norwegian: avsporing
Polish: coś odwracającego uwagę	Persian: گمراه کردن	Pashto: بی لاره کول
Portuguese: pista falsa	Romanian: (mijloc de) diversiune	Russian: отвлекающий манёвр
Slovak: odvedenie pozornosti	Slovenian: vržena kost	Serbian: odvraćanje pažnje
Swedish: ovidkommande sak	Thai: สิ่งที่เบียงเบนความสนใจ	Turkish: saptırma
Taiwanese: 讓注意力移離重點的事物	Ukrainian: відволікаючий маневр	Urdu: اصل بحث سے دور کرنے والی
Vietnamese: sự việc nêu ra để đánh lạ	Chinese: 转移注意力的话（或事）
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