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snipe
[ snahyp ]
noun
- Also British, snite []. any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (sometimes Capella ) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago com·mon snipe, orwhole snipe, of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
- a shot, usually from a hidden position.
verb (used without object)
- to shoot or hunt snipe.
- to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position:
The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
- to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance.
snipe
/ snaɪp /
noun
- any of various birds of the genus Gallinago (or Capella ) and related genera, such as G. gallinago ( common or Wilson's snipe ), of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- any of various similar related birds, such as certain sandpipers and curlews
- a shot, esp a gunshot, fired from a place of concealment
verb
- whenintr, often foll by at to attack (a person or persons) with a rifle from a place of concealment
- introften foll byat to criticize adversely a person or persons from a position of security
- intr to hunt or shoot snipe
Derived Forms
- ˈsnipeˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- snipe·like adjective
- snip·er noun
- coun·ter·snip·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of snipe1
Word History and Origins
Origin of snipe1
Example Sentences
“He’d be worthless” but for government subsidies, Trump sniped in 2022, before the two formed their mutually beneficial bond only months ago.
For context, that is 36 more metres of sniping runs than the rest of the scrum-halves combined.
In the main, it appeared to be a vehicle for him to tell King, his one-time ally, to stop sniping from the sidelines about the club being in crisis and lacking direction.
There was sniping in the press that he was hard to tempt away from his farmhouse in Oxford, where he lived with his second wife, Emma, and their three children.
He sniped back with several irrational paragraphs and a spicy “here’s a tip for you.”
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