Snipe
WordNet
noun
(1) A gunshot from a concealed location
(2) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
verb
(3) Aim and shoot with great precision
(4) Hunt or shoot snipe
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Etymology
The verb, i.e. its original meaning "to sharpshoot", was first used by British troops in India in the 18th century in allusion to their hunting snipe as game.
Noun
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot from a concealed place.
- A member of the Engineering Department on a ship.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
- An animated promotional logo during a television show.
Verb
- To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
- To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.