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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 | ||
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