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