SNIPE
/snaΙͺp/
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Definition
/snaΙͺp/
noun
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
verb
- To hunt snipe.
- To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
Source: Wiktionary
