| NOUN | animal | snipe | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | snipe | a gunshot from a concealed location | |
| VERB | competition | snipe | hunt or shoot snipe |
| competition | snipe, sharpshoot | aim and shoot with great precision | |
| communication | snipe, attack, round, assail, lash out, assault | attack in speech or writing |
| Sounds | snay'p | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | archetype ... wipe: 24 rhymes with ayp... | |
| Meaning | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | wisp | A flock of snipe |
| Narrower | Wilson's snipe, Gallinago gallinago delicata | American snipe |
| dowitcher | shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | |
| great snipe, woodcock snipe, Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger / larger and darker than the whole snipe | |
| jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima | A small short-billed Old World snipe | |
| whole snipe, Gallinago gallinago | Common snipe of Eurasia and Africa | |
| Broader | shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird | Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries |
| Spanish | agachadiza, agachona, caica, rayuelo | |
| Catalan | becadell, cegard | |
| Verbs | snipe | hunt or shoot snipe |
| Meaning | A gunshot from a concealed location. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | gunfire, gunshot | The act of shooting a gun |
| Spanish | disparo a escondidas | |
| Verbs | snipe | aim and shoot with great precision |
| Meaning | hunt or shoot snipe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | In the summer they like to go out and snipe | |
| Broader | hunt, run, hunt down, track down | pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
| Nouns | snipe | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family |
| Meaning | aim and shoot with great precision. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | sharpshoot | |
| Broader | blast, shoot | Fire a shot |
| Nouns | snipe | a gunshot from a concealed location |
| sniper | a marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place | |
| Meaning | attack in speech or writing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | attack, round, assail, lash out, assault | |
| Narrower | abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout | Use foul or abusive language towards |
| blister, scald, whip | subject to harsh criticism | |
| bombard, barrage | Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | |
| claw | attack as if with claws | |
| rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently | |
| rubbish | attack strongly | |
| vitriol | subject to bitter verbal abuse | |
| whang | attack forcefully | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | agredir, atacar | |
| Catalan | agredir, atacar | |
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