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Definition of 'Snipe'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) snipe
any of several long-billed sandpipers of the genera Gallinago and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago of Eurasia and North America.

2.  snipe
a shot from a hidden position.

3. (v.i.) snipe
to shoot or hunt snipe.

4.  snipe
to shoot at individuals, esp. enemy soldiers, from a concealed or distant position.

5.  snipe
to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, esp. anonymously or from a safe distance.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME snype (n.) < ON -snīpa (in m&ymacr;risnīpa moor snipe))

Definition of 'Snipe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) snipe
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

2. (verb) snipe
a gunshot from a concealed location

3. (verb) snipe
hunt or shoot snipe

4. (verb) sharpshoot, snipe
aim and shoot with great precision

5. (verb) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
attack in speech or writing
"The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

Definition of 'Snipe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Snipe
any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak

2. (noun) Snipe
a fool; a blockhead

Translation of 'Snipe'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to shoot at (someone) from a hidden position The rebels were sniping at the government troops.
Afrikaans: skerpskiet	Arabic: يَقْنُص، يُطْلِقُ النّار	Bulgarian: убивам от прикритие
Brazilian: atirar	Czech: střílet z krytu	German: aus dem Hinterhalt schieß
Danish: snigskyde	Greek: πυροβολώ από κρυψώνα	Spanish: disparar (desde un escond
Estonian: varistuskohast tulistama	Farsi: از كمين گاه تيراندازي كرد	Finnish: ampua väijyksistä
French: tirer (en restant caché)	Hebrew: לִצלוֹף ב-	Hindi: छिपकर गोली चलाना
Croatian: gađati kao snajper	Hungarian: rálő	Indonesian: secara gelap
Icelandic: skjóta á úr leyni	Italian: sparare (da un nascondigl	Japanese: そ撃する
Korean: 저격하다	Lithuanian: šaudyti iš už priedangos/	Latvian: šaut no slēpņa
Malay: menembak hendap	Dutch: uit een verdekte opstelli	Norwegian: snikskyte
Polish: strzelać z zasadzki do	Persian: از كمين گاه تيراندازي كرد	Pashto: تارول (يوډول مرغه) په غلچ
Portuguese: atirar	Romanian: a trage (din ascunzătoa	Russian: вести снайперский огонь
Slovak: strieľať z krytu	Slovenian: streljati iz zasede	Serbian: gađati
Swedish: idka krypskytte	Thai: ลอบยิง	Turkish: (pusudan) ateş etmek
Taiwanese: 狙擊	Ukrainian: стріляти з укриття	Urdu: چھپ کر بندوق سے مارنا
Vietnamese: bắn tỉa	Chinese: 狙击
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