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Definition of Snipe

1. Noun. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks.

2. Verb. Hunt or shoot snipe. "In the summer they like to go out and snipe"

3. Noun. A gunshot from a concealed location.

4. Verb. Aim and shoot with great precision.

5. Verb. Attack in speech or writing. ; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

Definition of Snipe

1. n. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

2. v. i. To shoot or hunt snipe.

3. v. t. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.

Definition of Snipe

1. to shoot at individuals from a concealed place [v SNIPED, SNIPING, SNIPES]

Medical Definition of Snipe

1. 1. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago coelestis) and the great, or double, snipe (G. Major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe (G. Delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. Quail snipe. See Quail. Robin snipe, the knot. Sea snipe. Shore snipe, any sandpiper. Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. Stone snipe, the tattler. Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. Winter snipe. See Rock snipe, under Rock. Woodcock snipe, the great snipe. Origin: OE. Snipe; akin to D. Snep, snip, LG. Sneppe, snippe, G. Schnepfe, Icel. Snipa (in comp), Dan. Sneppe, Sw. Snappa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. Snap. See Snap, Snaffle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snipe

sniggering sniggers snigging sniggle sniggle sniggled sniggler snigglers sniggles sniggling

sniglet sniglets snigs snip snipe (current term) snipe (current term) sniped snipefish snipefish sniper

snipers sniperscope sniperscopes sniper rifle snipes snipe hunt snipier snipiest sniping snipings

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