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SNIPE

Definition:

1. [noun] Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
   
   
2. [noun] a gunshot from a concealed location
   
   
3. [verb] hunt or shoot snipe
   
   
4. [verb] aim and shoot with great precision
   Synonyms: sharpshoot
   
   
5. [verb] attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
   Synonyms: attack, round, assail, lash out, assault
   
   

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Related Words:

• abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout
• claw
• vitriol
• rip
• whang
• barrage
• blister, scald, whip
• rubbish
• whole snipe, common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
• Wilson's snipe, Gallinago gallinago delicata
• great snipe, woodcock snipe, Gallinago media
• jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima
• dowitcher

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