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Showing words for SNIPE using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Snipe

insep, penis, pines, snipe, spine

4 Letter Words for Snipe

insp, ipse, neps, nies, nips, peni, pens, pien, pies, pine, pins, pise, sepn, sien, sine, sipe, snip, spie, spin

3 Letter Words for Snipe

ens, epi, esp, ins, ips, ise, isn, nei, nep, nie, nip, nis, pen, pes, pie, pin, pis, psi, sei, sen, sep, sie, sin, sip

Definitions for Snipe

[1] any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella ) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) , of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
[2] any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
[3] a shot, usually from a hidden position.
[4] to shoot or hunt snipe.
[5] to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
[6] to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance.
[7] any of various birds of the genus Gallinago (or Capella ) and related genera, such as G. gallinago (common or Wilson's snipe ), of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
[8] any of various similar related birds, such as certain sandpipers and curlews
[9] a shot, esp a gunshot, fired from a place of concealment
[10] (when intr, often foll by at ) to attack (a person or persons) with a rifle from a place of concealment
[11] (intr often foll by at ) to criticize adversely a person or persons from a position of security
[12] (intr) to hunt or shoot snipe

Words related to Snipe

quip, taunt, ridicule, scoff, hoot, sneer, purloin, pilfer, embezzle, gibe, banter, dig, flout, hector, deride, jest, comeback, contemn, jab, mock

Words nearby Snipe

snigger, snigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipe fly, snipefish, sniper, sniperscope, snipper

Origin of Snipe

1275–1325; Middle English snype (noun) < Old Norse -snīpa (in mȳrisnīpa moor snipe); cognate with Norwegian snipa, Icelandic snīpa; compare Danish sneppe, German Schnepfe

Other words from Snipe

snipe·like , adjective
snip·er , noun
coun·ter·snip·er , noun

Word origin for Snipe

C14: from Old Norse snīpa; related to Old High German snepfa Middle Dutch snippe

Synonyms for Snipe

curlew, grouse, partridge, pheasant, plover, quail, sandpiper, wild turkey, wildfowl, woodcock