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Snipe
/snaɪp/
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
📖 Definitions of "Snipe"
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Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- 2
A fool; a blockhead.
- 3
A shot fired from a concealed place.
- 4
(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- 1
To hunt snipe.
- 2
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- 3
(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- 4
To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
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