1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks 
2. A gunshot from a concealed location

1. Hunt or shoot snipe 
2. Aim and shoot with great precision
   - sharpshoot 
3. Attack in speech or writing
   - attack, round, assail, lash out, assault

Derived forms: sniped, snipes, sniping

See also: sniper

Type of: blast, criticise [Brit], criticize, gunfire, gunshot, hunt, hunt down, knock, limicoline bird, pick apart, run, shoot, shore bird, shorebird, track down

Part of: wisp

Encyclopedia: Snipe

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