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(snīp)

noun

pl. snipes any of various shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) with a long, slender, flexible bill used in probing for food, esp. a genus (Gallinago) living chiefly in marshy places
a shot from a hidden position
☆ Slang a cigar butt or cigarette butt

Origin: ME snype < ON snipa (akin to Ger schnepfe) < Gmc *sneb-, beak < base seen in snip, snap

intransitive verb sniped, sniping

to hunt or shoot snipe
to shoot from a hidden position, as at individuals of an enemy force
to direct an attack (at someone) in a sly or underhanded way

See snipe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

pl. snipe snipe or snipes
a. Any of various long-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common, widely distributed species G. gallinago or C. gallinago.
b. Any of various similar or related birds.
A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place.

intransitive verb sniped sniped, snip·ing, snipes snipes

To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
To shoot snipe.
To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , probably from Old Norse -snīpa (as in mȳrisnīpa, marsh snipe)

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