Search Result for "red_herring":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue;

2. a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color;
[syn: red herring, smoked herring]

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



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

red herring
    n 1: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main
         issue
    2: a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color [syn: red
       herring, smoked herring]
    3: 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" [syn: preliminary prospectus, red herring]