English to English
snipe
(sn/aI/p
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noun (n)
- Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- a gunshot from a concealed location(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- hunt or shoot snipe(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To shoot or hunt snipe.(verb)source: webster1913
- To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.(verb)source: webster1913
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