snipe

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

2. n. A fool; a blockhead. Source: opted

3. n. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks Source: wordnet

4. n. a gunshot from a concealed location Source: wordnet

5. v. hunt or shoot snipe Source: wordnet

6. v. aim and shoot with great precision Source: wordnet

7. v. attack in speech or writing Source: wordnet

8. 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: 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. [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. Source: webster

9. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of thefamily Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Source: adambom

10. 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 Source: ecdict

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