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Raresnipe
The correct spelling is snipe.
How to pronounce snipe
/snaɪp/
nounIPA: /snaɪp/
Say it like: Sni-pe
The correct spelling is snipe. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- 2.A fool; a blockhead.
- 3.A shot fired from a concealed place.
- 4.(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- 5.(ice hockey slang) A goal.
verb
- 1.To hunt snipe.
- 2.To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
- 3.(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
- 4.To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
- 5.To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
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