Synonyms:
snipe
Meaning: a gunshot from a concealed location
Synonyms:
snipe
Meaning: Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
attack, round, assail, lash_out, snipe, assault
Meaning: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
Synonyms:
sharpshoot, snipe
Meaning: aim and shoot with great precision
Synonyms:
snipe
Meaning: hunt or shoot snipe
Usage examples
Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?
He could only hear the snort of the horses, and the guttural cry of a snipe.
The enormous bag limits of 35 rail and 50 each per day of plover, snipe and shore birds is a crime!
There should be five-year close seasons enacted for quail, grouse, plover, woodcock, snipe, and all other shore birds.
"Tomorrow I'll go out early, and I'll make a point of keeping cool. There are lots of snipe; and there are grouse too.