Engelsk navneord: snipe | |||
1. | snipe (om dyr) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird | ||
Mere specifikke termer | dowitcher, Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago gallinago delicata, Gallinago media, great snipe, half snipe, jacksnipe, Limnocryptes minima, whole snipe, Wilson's snipe, woodcock snipe | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | wisp | ||
2. | snipe (om handling) a gunshot from a concealed location | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | gunfire, gunshot | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: snipe | |||
1. | snipe (om konkurrence) hunt or shoot snipe | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | In the summer they like to go out and snipe | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
2. | snipe (om konkurrence) aim and shoot with great precision | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sharpshoot | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | blast, shoot | ||
3. | snipe (om kommunikation) attack in speech or writing | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | assail, assault, attack, lash out, round | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Mere specifikke termer | abuse, barrage, blackguard, blister, bombard, clapperclaw, claw, rip, rubbish, scald, shout, vitriol, whang, whip | ||