Australian English Meaning of snipe

Snipe

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Definitions and Meaning of snipe in English

Wordnet

snipe (n)

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

a gunshot from a concealed location

Wordnet

snipe (v)

hunt or shoot snipe

aim and shoot with great precision

attack in speech or writing

Webster

snipe (v. i.)

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.

Webster

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.

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Snipe

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks, a gunshot from a concealed location, hunt or shoo

Pepper,plink,Cheap shot,blaze,fire,blast,discharge

No antonyms found.

snip off => snip off, snip => snip, snigger => snigger, snifter => snifter, sniffy => sooky,