snipe

Object

• man: Equip your Smoke Grenade first, then snipe the man on the top level.
• guard: Snipe the guard standing up in the head, then run to the dark corner next to the stairs.

Converse of object

• breed: It is particularly noted for its populations of breeding snipe.
• include: These have been popular feeding and roosting areas for birds including snipe, lapwing and teal.
• see: French birders had seen one Great snipe displaying from 19.00 till 19.30.
• find: A minibus took them into Thurso where they found a suitable snipe named Kittiwake belonging to John Shearer.

Preposition: at

• enemy: Hes quietly hidden under the cover of trees, waiting to snipe away at the enemy with maximum impact.

Preposition: as

• godwit: Waders present included greenshank, green and wood sandpiper and snipe as well as eight black-tailed godwits on the ARC pit.

Adjective modifier

• common: Common snipe: 2 at Erjos ponds on 15th November.
• great: French birders had seen one Great snipe displaying from 19.00 till 19.30.
• painted: An early evening wander round this area produced a couple of painted snipe on two occasions.
• few: The day was relatively windy and the shooting tricky however a few snipe did find their way into the bag.

Modifies a noun

• shooting: Superb woodcock and snipe shooting from October to the end of January.
• circle: The male snipe circles high above in a series of roller-coaster arcs, = each descent marked by a loud and distinctive sound.

Modifying Another Word

• away: Hes quietly hidden under the cover of trees, waiting to snipe away at the enemy with maximum impact.
• then: Get it if desired, then snipe the first wave of soldiers with normal guns.

Noun used with modifier

• jack: The love-song of the common jack snipe seemed not a whit less mysterious than partridge drumming.

Preposition: from

• sideline: The unit's one-time ministerial minder, Mo Mowlam, has retired to snipe from the sidelines.