snipe

  • 21snipe — snipe1 [ snaıp ] noun count a bird with a long thin beak that lives mainly in wet areas snipe snipe 2 [ snaıp ] verb intransitive 1. ) snipe at to shoot at someone from a hidden place 2. ) to criticize someone …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22snipe — [[t]sna͟ɪp[/t]] snipes, sniping, sniped (snipe is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) VERB If someone snipes at you, they criticize you. [V at n] The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday... [V ing] This leaves… …

    English dictionary

  • 23snipe — [[t]snaɪp[/t]] n. pl. snipes, (esp. collectively)snipe 1) orn any of several long billed sandpipers of the genera Gallinago and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago of Eurasia and North America 2) a shot from a hidden position… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24snipe — n. & v. n. (pl. same or snipes) any of various wading birds, esp. of the genus Gallinago, with a long straight bill and frequenting marshes. v. 1 intr. fire shots from hiding usu. at long range. 2 tr. kill by sniping. 3 intr. (foll. by at) make a …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25snipe — v. (D; intr.) to snipe at (the press keeps sniping at her) * * * [snaɪp] (D; intr.) to snipe at (the press keeps snipeing at her) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 26snipe — mire·snipe; snipe; …

    English syllables

  • 27snipe — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28snipe — sni·pe s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS mar. imbarcazione a vela da regata, con scafo a spigolo e deriva mobile Sinonimi: beccaccino. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1965. ETIMO: ingl. snipe propr. beccaccino , di orig. germ …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 29snipe — snaɪp n. long billed wading bird of Eurasia and North America; shot fired from a distant or concealed position v. hunt snipe; shoot from a distant or concealed position …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30šnipė — 1 šnìpė sf. (2) J žr. 1 šnipas: 1. Kiaulės galva pailga ir baigiasi knysle (šnipe) su dviem nosies šnervėm rš. Dramblio šnìpė (straublys) Šlč. 2. Vokietys šnìpę nušalo J …

    Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language