American English pronunciation

How to pronounce snipe

IPA transcription: [s'naɪp]

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Noun

  • Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

  • a gunshot from a concealed location

Verb

  • attack in speech or writing

    “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”

  • hunt or shoot snipe

  • aim and shoot with great precision