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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun snipe has 2 senses
- snipe(n = noun.animal) Array - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; Array is a kind of limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird
- snipe(n = noun.act) Array - a gunshot from a concealed location; Array is a kind of gunfire, gunshot
has particulars: gallinago gallinago, whole snipe, gallinago gallinago delicata, wilson's snipe, gallinago media, great snipe, woodcock snipe, half snipe, jacksnipe, limnocryptes minima, dowitcher
is a member of wisp
Derived form verb snipe1
Derived form verb snipe2
Verb snipe has 3 senses
- snipe(v = verb.competition) Array - hunt or shoot snipe; Array is one way to hunt, hunt down, run, track down
- snipe(v = verb.competition) sharpshoot - aim and shoot with great precision; Array is one way to blast, shoot
- snipe(v = verb.communication) assail, assault, attack, lash out, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Derived form noun snipe1
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and snipe
Derived forms noun snipe2, noun sniper1
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Something ----s somebody
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CIDE DICTIONARY
snipe, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. snīpa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. snäppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.].
- Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family
Scolopacidæ , having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. [1913 Webster]" The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago c " [1913 Webster]) and the great, or double, snipe ( G. major ), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe (G. delicata ) (sometimes erroneously calledEnglish snipe ) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus ), are well-known American species. - A fool; a blockhead. Shak. [1913 Webster]
snipe, v. i.
- To shoot or hunt snipe. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with
at . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
snipe, v. t.
- To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
snipe, n. & v.
--n. (pl. same or snipes) any of various wading birds, esp. of the genus Gallinago, with a long straight bill and frequenting marshes.
--v.
1 intr. fire shots from hiding usu. at long range.
2 tr. kill by sniping.
3 intr. (foll. by at) make a sly critical attack.
4 intr. go snipe-shooting.
--n. (pl. same or snipes) any of various wading birds, esp. of the genus Gallinago, with a long straight bill and frequenting marshes.
--v.
1 intr. fire shots from hiding usu. at long range.
2 tr. kill by sniping.
3 intr. (foll. by at) make a sly critical attack.
4 intr. go snipe-shooting.
Idiom
snipe eel any eel of the family Nemichthyidae, having a long slender snout. snipe fish any marine fish of the family Macrorhamphosidae, with a long slender snout.
Derivative
sniper n.
Etymology
ME, prob. f. Scand.: cf. Icel. m|risn{iacute}pa, & MDu., MLG snippe, OHG snepfa
THESAURUS
snipe
aim at, attack, barrage, blast, blitz, bombard, cannon, cannonade, carp at, charge, cock, commence firing, criticize, deride, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, enfilade, fell, fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire off, fire upon, fusillade, gun, gun for, hit, knock, let fly, let off, load, mortar, open fire, open up on, pan, pelt, pepper, pick off, pistol, plug, pop at, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, rake, rap, riddle, shell, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, slam, snipe at, strafe, strike, take a potshot, take aim at, torpedo, zero in onROGET THESAURUS
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Animal
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.
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