1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
   "The hunter's dog flushed a snipe from the marsh"
    
2. A gunshot from a concealed location
   "The sniper's snipe took out the enemy's communication equipment"

1. Hunt or shoot snipe
   "They went sniping in the marshes"
    
2. Aim and shoot with great precision
   "The sniper sniped from a hidden position";
   - sharpshoot
    
3. Make malicious, undermining remarks
   "The politicians kept sniping at each other during the debate"

Derived forms: sniping, snipes, sniped

Type of: blast, gunfire, gunshot, hunt, hunt down, limicoline bird, run, shoot, shore bird, shorebird, track down

Part of: wisp

Encyclopedia: Snipe, Texas