snipe (n.)

  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

    snipe (v.)

  1. hunt or shoot snipe

  2. aim and shoot with great precision

    [ Syn: sharpshoot ]

  3. attack in speech or writing; The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

    [ Syn: attack , round , assail , lash out , assault ]

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