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Thesaurus: snipe

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

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  1. n. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  2. n. A fool; a blockhead.
  3. n. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
  4. n. a gunshot from a concealed location
  5. v. hunt or shoot snipe
  6. v. aim and shoot with great precision
  7. v. attack in speech or writing
  8. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of thefamily Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  9. n:24/v:76 n. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks n. a gunshot from a concealed location v. hunt or shoot snipe