Meaning Of The Word Snipe

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Snipe? Find Snipe meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Snipe Meaning

Snipe Definition
Snipe Definition

What's The Definition Of Snipe?

snipe
verb: If someone snipes at you, they criticize you.

snipe in American English
any of various shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) with a long, slender, flexible bill used in probing for food, esp. a genus (Gallinago) living chiefly in marshy places
to hunt or shoot snipe

snipe in American Englishesp collectively for 1, 2
intransitive verb: to shoot or hunt snipe
noun: any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe or whole snipe), of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage

snipe in British English
noun: 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

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Ship canal ‐ a canal large enough for seagoing ships; noun:…
  • Object database ‐ noun: a database format in which information is…
  • Urban dweller ‐ noun: a person who lives in an…
  • Zaffer ‐ a mixture of impure oxides of cobalt, used in…
  • Work back ‐ verb: to…
  • Detailed ‐ A detailed report or plan contains a lot of details…
  • Self-recording ‐ recording its own operations or reactions automatically…
  • Lovered ‐ adjective:…
  • Ethical Culture ‐ noun: a movement founded by Felix Adler in 1876…
  • Off season ‐ a time of the year when the usual activity or…