Snipe

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  • noun. Any of various long-billed shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae, especially the widely distributed species Gallinago gallinago.
  • noun. A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot snipe.
  • intransitive verb. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The Lake Tahoe trout, Salmo clarkii henshawi, found in western Nevada and neighboring parts of California.
  • To shoot at the enemy, or at isolated soldiers or outposts, in a casual way, as opportunity offers. See sniping.
  • To shoot (one of the enemy) from ambush or in a casual way, and not in a regular battle.
  • noun. A sharp, clever answer; a sarcasm.
  • Same as nose, 5.
  • noun. A bird of the genus Scolopax in a former broad sense.
  • noun. A fool; a blockhead; a simpleton; a goose.
  • noun. A half-smoked cigar found on the street.
  • noun. (See also double-snipe, half-snipe, horsefoot-snipe, jack-snipe, martin-snipe, quail-snipe, rail-snipe, robin-snipe, rock-snipe, shore-snipe, whole-snipe.)
  • To hunt snipe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To shoot or hunt snipe.
  • intransitive verb. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
  • intransitive verb. to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in his absence.
  • transitive verb. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
  • transitive verb. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
  • noun. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  • noun. A fool; a blockhead.
  • noun. the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
  • noun. See Jacksnipe.
  • noun. See under Quail.
  • noun. the knot.
  • noun. See in the Vocabulary.
  • noun. any sandpiper.
  • noun. the marsh harrier.
  • noun. the tattler.
  • noun. the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers.
  • noun. See Rock snipe, under Rock.
  • noun. the great snipe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  • noun. A fool; a blockhead.
  • noun. A shot fired from a concealed place.
  • noun. A cigarette butt.
  • noun. A member of the engineering department on a ship.
  • noun. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
  • noun. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
  • verb. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
  • verb. To shoot with a sniper rifle.
  • verb. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
  • verb. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hunt or shoot snipe
  • verb. aim and shoot with great precision
  • verb. attack in speech or writing
  • noun. a gunshot from a concealed location
  • noun. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
  • Word Usage
    "Yes | No | Report from shawn_bland wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago remember while snipe hunting cover yourself in snipe urine"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blast  gunfire  gunshot  hunt  hunt down  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    gipe  gripe  hype  lipe  overripe  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aim at  attack  barrage  blast  blitz  
    verb-form
    sniped  snipes  sniping