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Definition: Snipe |
SnipeNoun1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks. Verb1. Hunt snipe. 2. Hunt or shoot snipe. 3. Shoot from a concealed position. 4. Attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snipe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | A)the end of a log, rounded-off so as to facilitate dragging; b)the turned-up fore-end of a log sledge runner. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| † see also: wader |
Snipe is a term used to describe 18 very similar wading bird species, characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage.
These are birds of marshy areas which often crouch motionless when disturbed until exploding away when almost underfoot.
They search for invertebrates in the mud with a "sewing-machine" action of their long bills.
Most have distinctive displays, usually given at dawn or dusk.
There are two southern snipe species in the genus Coenocorypha, 15 typical snipe in the genus Gallinago, and the very small Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus.
Species are:
A snipe hunt is a practical joke in which a victim is told they are going to hunt snipe in an area where they are guaranteed not to be, and are then left there.
The term is also used to describe a low-life, although this is more commonly known as a guttersnipe.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Snipe."
Synonyms: SnipeSynonyms: assail (v), assault (v), attack (v), lash out (v), round (v), sharpshoot (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Snipe |
| English words defined with "snipe": Beach robin, Brownback ♦ common snipe ♦ dowitcher ♦ Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago gallinago delicata, Gallinago media, game bird, genus Limnocryptes, great snipe ♦ half snipe ♦ jacksnipe ♦ Limnocryptes, Limnocryptes minima, Little woodcock, Longbeak ♦ Meadow snipe ♦ Robin snipe, rock plover, Rock snipe ♦ Scolopacine, Shadbird, Snippack, Snite, Snypy, Solitary snipe, Stonebird ♦ upland plover, upland sandpiper ♦ Whisp, Whole snipe, Wilson's snipe, wisp, Wood snipe, woodcock, woodcock snipe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "snipe": Grouse. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "snipe": Scolopacine, Snippack. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Pelican and the Snipe (1944) A California Snipe Hunt (1912) | |
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 | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : The "good place for shooting snipe", where the building of the new hospital was begun in 1755. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Don't pay no attention to the nasty sneerin' little snipe, Henry! : it's three ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Snipe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.97% of the time. "Snipe" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.97% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.41% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.17% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "snipe" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Snipe | Last name | 300 | 25,082 |
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Expressions using "snipe": brown snipe ♦ cherry snipe ♦ common snipe ♦ duck snipe ♦ English snipe ♦ grass snipe ♦ Gray snipe ♦ great snipe ♦ Gutter snipe ♦ half snipe ♦ Jack snipe ♦ Meadow snipe ♦ pool snipe ♦ prairie snipe ♦ quail snipe ♦ Robin snipe ♦ rock snipe ♦ sand snipe ♦ sea snipe ♦ shore snipe ♦ snipe at ♦ snipe at the enemy ♦ snipe fish ♦ snipe hawk ♦ solitary snipe ♦ squat snipe ♦ stone snipe ♦ summer snipe ♦ whistling snipe ♦ whole snipe ♦ Wilson's snipe ♦ winter snipe ♦ wood snipe ♦ Woodcock snipe. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "snipe": snipe-grass, snipe-like. | |
Ending with "snipe": gutter-snipe, jack-snipe. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
snipe | 258 | ebay free snipe | 5 |
auction snipe | 107 | ebay bid snipe | 4 |
ebay snipe | 87 | ebay auction snipe | 4 |
hunting snipe | 58 | class snipe | 4 |
hammer snipe | 45 | auction software snipe | 4 |
snipe sail boat | 24 | shoes snipe | 4 |
bid snipe | 23 | ebay snipe program | 4 |
bird snipe | 17 | snipe tool auction | 3 |
e snipe | 15 | sailing snipe | 3 |
snipe software | 14 | snipe program | 3 |
snipe hunt | 12 | snipe trailer | 3 |
snipe it | 11 | snipe eel | 3 |
auction free snipe | 10 | auction hammer snipe stealer | 3 |
wesley snipe | 9 | sail snipe | 3 |
snipe tool | 8 | boat plan snipe | 3 |
common snipe | 8 | snipe boat | 3 |
ebay snipe software | 7 | auction snipe steal | 3 |
humber snipe super | 7 | picture snipe | 2 |
power snipe | 6 | ebay review snipe | 2 |
free snipe | 5 | snipe wilsons | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "snipe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shapkë (Woodcock), gjuaj shapka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قنص (hunting, shooting), طائر الشنقب, إنتقد (carp, criticize, fault, find fault, lace, maul, nibble, peck, quarrel, slash, slate, stricture, taking apart, upbraid), إصطاد الشقنب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стрелям от прикритие, угарка (butt, stub, stump), ходя на лов за бекасини, фас (cigarette butt, cigarette end, fag end), критикувам ловко, голяма бекасина, нападам ловко, никакъв човек (prick), изстрел от засада, изстрел от прикритие, долен човек (hog, miscreant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鵻 (turtle-dove), 阻击 (Sniped, Sniping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | střílet z krytu, odstřelovat (pick off), kritizovat koho (find fault with smb., hit at smb.), útoèit na koho (charge at smb.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | horsegoeg, dobbeltbekkasin (Usa: Wilson's snipe), afrundet stammeende (nose, snape, snout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | watersnip (Usa: Wilson's snipe), afgetopt stamstuk (nose, snape, snout), afgetopt stameinde (nose, snape, snout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پاشله شکارکردن , پاشله , ازکمینگاه تیربه اردوی دشمن زدن , ازکمین گاه بسوی دشمن تیراندازی کردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | taivaanvuohi (common snipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tirer en restant caché, nez (Snoot), critiquer, canarder, bécassine des marais (Usa: Wilson's snipe), bécassine (snip), aller la chasse au bécassine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schnepfe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μπεκατσίνι (Usa: Wilson's snipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לצלוף, חרטומן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szalonka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | anak gembel (gutter snipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | beccaccino (sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鴫 (sandpiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しぎ (city assemblyman, conference, conjecture, consultation, criticism behind one's back, developments, guess, outcome, personal opinion, practice jump, sandpiper, situation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 격하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiggey cooyl chlea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipesnay ponta de charuto, nariz (boko, conk, neb, pecker, proboscis, smeller, snout), narceja dos brejos, narceja comum (Usa: Wilson's snipe), narceja, garoto (blackguard, boy, chit, kid, kiddy, knavish, rascal, rotter), fedelho (bantling, brat, chit, moppet), bicanca (conk, proboscis). (various references) vâna becaţe, trage din ascunziş, prost (ass, bad, badly, beef-witted, blinkard, blockhead, blunt, booby, calf, cheap, clumsy, cock eyed, common, dead, dolt, doltish, donkey, dull, dullard, dumb, dunce, dunderhead, flat, fool, foolish, good for nothing, goof, goon, goose, Goosey, gull, harmful, idiot, idiotish, inhospitable, lousy, lubber-head, miserable, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nitwitted, noddy, noodle, numskull, numskulled, oaf, oafish, pin head, poor, poorly, silly, simple, simpleton, soft, soft-headed, sorry, spoony, stupid, thoughtless, unfavorable, unfavourable, wretched, zombie), nerod (balmy, blockhead, dunderhead, fool, gudgeon, ninny, numskull, oaf, oafish, spoony), becaţã. (various references) бекас. (various references) naosg, budagochd, budagoc. (various references) pucati iz zaklona, pucanj iz zaklona, gađati (aim, shoot), šljuka. (various references) tirar desde un escondite, morro (nose, nose cone, prow, snout), becacina, agachadiza común (Usa: Wilson's snipe), agachadiza. (various references) beckasin. (various references) ใส่ร้าย, นกริมฝั่งแม่น้ำที่มีจะงอยปากยาว, ซุ่มโจมตี. (various references) su çulluğu avlamak, su çulluğu, siperden ateş etmek, gizlenerek ateş etmek, bataklık çulluğu. (various references) стріляти бекасів, крутій (pettifogger, racketeer, scamp), вести снайперський вогонь, вести вогонь з укриття, нікчема (blighter, bum, cipher, duffer, ne'er do well, nihil, nit, nobody, nonentity, nought, nullity, pygmy, snake, snipper-snapper, wastrel, wet, whipper-snapper, whipster, zero), бекас. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Capella gallinago, Gallinago gallinago, RM:becassina da pali. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "snipe": sniped, sniper, snipers, sniperscope, sniperscopes, snipes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "snipe": guttersnipe. (additional references) | |
Words containing "snipe": countersniper, countersnipers, guttersnipes. (additional references) | |
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"Snipe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: niep, nipa, nipe, nype, scipe, senip, shipe, siep, sipa, sipi, sippe, skipe, snapse, snep, snibe, snie, snieg, snipet, snipey, snipit, snipp, snipy, snire, snive, snmp, snope, synape, znip. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: peins, penis, pines, spine. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-p-s" | |
-1 letter: nips, pein, pens, pies, pine, pins, sine, sipe, snip, spin. | |
-2 letters: ens, ins, nip, pen, pes, pie, pin, pis, psi, sei, sen, sin, sip. | |
-3 letters: en, es, in, is, ne, pe, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-p-s" | |
+1 letter: genips, instep, mispen, opines, pekins, pennis, pensil, pepsin, ponies, puisne, repins, ripens, sniped, sniper, snipes, spined, spinel, spines, spinet, spline, supine. | |
+2 letters: alpines, crispen, dipnets, dispend, emptins, epigons, epinaos, epsilon, erepsin, espying, hipness, impends, impones, incepts, inphase, inscape, inspect, inspire, insteps, inswept, lineups, lippens, lupines, mispens, nappies, nippers, nipples, orpines, paesani, pandies, paniers, pansies, panties, patines, pectins, peising, pencils, penises, pennies, pensile, pensils, pension, pensive, peonies, peonism, pepsine, pepsins, phonies, pigeons, pigpens, pigsney, pilsner, pincers, pinches, pinders, pineals, pinenes, pinesap, pingers, pingoes, piniest, pinites, pinkens, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeys, pinkies, pinkoes, pinners, pinnies, pinoles, pinones, pintles, pintoes, piscine, plenish, plenism, plenist, pointes, princes, pterins, puisnes, puniest, punkies, punties, purines, rapines, repines, sapiens, sapient, seeping, senopia, shipmen, shippen, sinopie, snipers, snipped, snipper, snippet, spaeing, spaniel, spewing, sphenic, spinage, spinate, spindle, spinels, spinets, spinier, spinner, spinney, spinose, spinule, splenia, splenic, splenii, splined, splines, springe, spunkie, stipend, supines, tenpins, tiepins, unpiles, uprisen, vespine, winesop. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6E 69 70 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -. .. .--. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101110 01101001 01110000 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S n i p e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006E 0069 0070 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5380758271 |
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