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Snipe

noun
/snaɪp/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounAny of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2.nounA fool; a blockhead.
3.nounA shot fired from a concealed place.
4.noun(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
5.noun(ice hockey slang) A goal.
6.verbTo hunt snipe.
7.verbTo shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
8.verb(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
9.verbTo watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
10.verbTo nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
11.verb(ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
12.verbTo move the ball quickly in a different direction.

Synonyms

sharpshootlash outroundassaultassailattackdowitchershootpullcriticizegenus limnocrypteslimnocryptes

Rhymes With

archetypegripeprototypetyperipewipepipestereotype
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