Snipe — Defs

01 n. Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

1.
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.(Zool.)
2.
A fool; a blockhead.[R.]

Phrases & compounds

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.

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.

02 v. i. To shoot or hunt snipe.

imp. & p. p. Sniped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniping

1.
To shoot or hunt snipe.
2.
To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.

Phrases & compounds

snipe at — to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in his absence.

03 v. t. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.

1.
To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
2.
To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.