Defenition of the word snipe
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Defenition of the word snipe
- attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- shoot from a concealed position
- Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
- hunt or shoot snipe
- hunt snipe
- a gunshot from a concealed location
- attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- aim and shoot with great precision
- attack in speech or writing
Synonyms for the word snipe
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- assail
- assault
- attack
- criticize
- do down
- get at
- lash out
- moan
- nag
- round
- sharpshoot
Similar words in the snipe
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- snipe
- snipe's
- sniped
- sniper
- sniper's
- snipers
- snipes
Meronymys for the word snipe
Hyponyms for the word snipe
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- abuse
- barrage
- blackguard
- blister
- bombard
- clapperclaw
- claw
- common snipe
- dowitcher
- Gallinago gallinago
- Gallinago gallinago delicata
- Gallinago media
- great snipe
- half snipe
- jacksnipe
- Limnocryptes minima
- rip
- rubbish
- scald
- shout
- vitriol
- whang
- whip
- whole snipe
- Wilson's snipe
- woodcock snipe
Hypernyms for the word snipe
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- blast
- criticise
- criticize
- fowl
- gunfire
- gunshot
- hunt
- hunt down
- knock
- limicoline bird
- pick apart
- run
- shoot
- shore bird
- shorebird
- track down
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