snipe
11snipe — snipelike, adj. sniper, n. /snuyp/, n., pl. snipes, (esp. collectively) snipe for 1, 2; v. sniped, sniping. n. 1. any of several long billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago… …
12Snipe — Taxobox name = Snipes image width = 250px image caption = Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = *… …
13snipe — {{11}}snipe (n.) long billed marsh bird, early 14c., from O.N. snipa in myrisnipa moor snipe; perhaps a common Germanic term (Cf. O.S. sneppa, M.Du. snippe, Du. snip, O.H.G. snepfa, Ger. Schnepfe snipe ). The Old English name was snite, which is… …
14snipe — I UK [snaɪp] / US noun [countable] Word forms snipe : singular snipe plural snipes or snipe a bird with a long thin beak that lives mainly in wet areas II UK [snaɪp] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms snipe : present tense I/you/we/they snipe… …
15snipe — /snaɪp / (say snuyp) noun 1. any of several small shorebirds of the genus Gallinago, and related genera, having plump bodies, striped heads and long, straight bills, frequenting swamps and wet grasslands in many parts of the world; some, such as… …
16snipe — Willet Wil let, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); called also {pill willet}, {will willet}, {semipalmated tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}. [1913 Webster] {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian… …
17snipe — I. noun (plural snipes) Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snīpa snipe; akin to Old High German snepfa snipe Date: 14th century 1. or plural snipe any of various usually slender billed birds of the… …
18Snipe — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe était un avion de la Première Guerre mondiale. Snipe veut dire bécassine en anglais. Le Snipe est une type de dériveur léger.… …
19Snipe — Not as may be thought a nickname derived from the fast flying bird, but a Viking locational name originally from Yorkshire, Cumberland and Suffolk and formerly spelt as Snaep or Snap and translating as one dwelling by the pasture or meadows .… …
20snipe — snipe1 [snaıp] v 1.) to shoot from a hidden position at people who are not protected snipe at ▪ soldiers sniping at civilians 2.) to criticize someone in a nasty way snipe at ▪ His former associates have been sniping at him in the press.… …
