Snipe /(?)/
Snipe
n.
- Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. (Zool.)
- A fool; a blockhead. [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
- 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.
Snipe
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Sniped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniping
- To shoot or hunt snipe.
- To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
Phrases & Compounds
- snipe at
- to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in his absence.
Snipe
v. t.
- To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
- To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.