From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sniping}.]
1. To shoot or hunt snipe.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long
range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{snipe at}, to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in
his absence.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[imac]pa (in comp.), Dan.
sneppe, Sw. sn[aum]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap.
See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
birds of the family {Scolopacidae}, having a long,
slender, nearly straight beak.
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Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis})
and the great, or double, snipe ({Gallinago major}),
are the most important European species. The Wilson's
snipe ({Gallinago delicata}) (sometimes erroneously
called {English snipe}) and the gray snipe, or
dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known
American species.
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2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.
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{Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.
{Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}.
{Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}.
{Robin snipe}, the knot.
{Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Shore snipe}, any sandpiper.
{Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]
{Stone snipe}, the tattler.
{Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European
sandpipers.
{Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}.
{Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. t.
1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
range, esp. when not in action.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in
skidding.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); --
called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated
tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}.
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{Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
v 1: hunt or shoot snipe
2: aim and shoot with great precision [syn: {sharpshoot},
{snipe}]
3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
{round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {snipe}, {assault}]
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