How to pronounce“snipe”in English
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Definitions of “snipe”
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.
“For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.”
To hunt snipe.
“The pleasures of Bay bird shooting should not be spoken of in the same sentence with cocking or sniping.”
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
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