snipe

[snipe]

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

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid'91, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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

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

Verb
aim and shoot with great precision

Verb
hunt or shoot snipe

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

n.
A fool; a blockhead.

Snipe

Snipe , n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn'c6pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn'84ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.] 1. (Zo'94l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid'91, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. &hand; The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago c&oe;lestis) 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. [R.] Shak. Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. -- Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. -- Quail snipe. See under Quail. -- Robin snipe, the knot. -- Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary. -- Shore snipe, any sandpiper. -- Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] -- 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.

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid'91, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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