English noun: snipe | |||
1. | snipe (animal) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks | ||
Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dowitcher, Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago gallinago delicata, Gallinago media, great snipe, half snipe, jacksnipe, Limnocryptes minima, whole snipe, Wilson's snipe, woodcock snipe | ||
Member meronym | wisp | ||
2. | snipe (act) a gunshot from a concealed location | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gunfire, gunshot | ||
English verb: snipe | |||
1. | snipe (competition) hunt or shoot snipe | ||
Examples | In the summer they like to go out and snipe | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
2. | snipe (competition) aim and shoot with great precision | ||
Synonyms | sharpshoot | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blast, shoot | ||
3. | snipe (communication) attack in speech or writing | ||
Samples | The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker. | ||
Synonyms | assail, assault, attack, lash out, round | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abuse, barrage, blackguard, blister, bombard, clapperclaw, claw, rip, rubbish, scald, shout, vitriol, whang, whip | ||