snipe
Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and…Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
» This game has no sniper rifles, so you can't snipe in it.
Meaning
12 sensesAny of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Schnepfe
бека́сbekás
бека́сbekás
A fool; a blockhead.
A shot fired from a concealed place.
a gunshot from a concealed location
(slang)A member of the engineering department on a ship.
(slang)A goal.
(slang)A cigarette butt.
An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
An animated promotional logo during a television show.
A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out, political criticism, etc.).
Examples
6 sentencesThis game has no sniper rifles, so you can't snipe in it.
This is a great rifle to snipe with, if you can handle the recoil.
If you so much as lift your head an inch, that bastard is going to snipe you.
I can send you a picture of a fruit-garden that is guaranteed to nerd-snipe you.
Ziri got sniped.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English snipe, snype (“a type of bird”), from Old Norse snípa, as in mýrisnípaFrom Middle English snipe, snype (“a type of bird”), from Old Norse snípa, as in mýrisnípa (“moor snipe”). Akin to Norwegian snipe.
Probably from snip or a cognate
Either from sneap or a figurative development from Etymology 1.
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Forms
plural: snipes / snipeSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular