Snipe

n.	1.	(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
	2.	A fool; a blockhead. Half snipe the dunlin; the jacksnipe. Jack snipe See Jacksnipe. Quail snipe See under Quail. Robin snipe the knot. Sea snipe See in the Vocabulary. Shore snipe any sandpiper. Snipe hawk the marsh harrier. Stone snipe the tattler. Summer snipe the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. Winter snipe See Rock snipe, under Rock. Woodcock snipe the great snipe.
v. i.	1.	To shoot or hunt snipe. [imp. & p. p. Sniped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniping .]
	2.	To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; - often with at. snipe at to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in his absence.
v. t.	1.	To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
	2.	To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Noun	1.	snipe - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
	2.	snipe - a gunshot from a concealed location
Verb	1.	snipe - hunt or shoot snipe
	2.	snipe - aim and shoot with great precision Synonyms: sharpshoot
	3.	snipe - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" Synonyms: lash out, attack, assail, assault, round

aim at, attack, barrage, blast, blitz, bombard, cannon, cannonade, carp at, charge, cock, commence firing, criticize, deride, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, enfilade, fell, fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire off, fire upon, fusillade, gun, gun for, hit, knock, let fly, let off, load, mortar, open fire, open up on, pan, pelt, pepper, pick off, pistol, plug, pop at, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, rake, rap, riddle, shell, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, slam, snipe at, strafe, strike, take a potshot, take aim at, torpedo, zero in on

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