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English to English noun
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Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a gunshot from a concealed location | | source: wordnet30
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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. | | source: webster1913
verb
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hunt or shoot snipe | | source: wordnet30
| 5 |
aim and shoot with great precision | | source: wordnet30
| 6 |
attack in speech or writing | | Example: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
source: wordnet30
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To shoot or hunt snipe. | | source: webster1913
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To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. | | source: webster1913
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