Definition of "snipe" [snipe]

• Any of various long-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common, widely distributed species G. gallinago or C. gallinago. (noun)
• Any of various similar or related birds. (noun)
• A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place. (noun)
• To shoot at individuals from a concealed place. (verb-intransitive)
• To shoot snipe. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Yes | No | Report from shawn_bland wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago remember while snipe hunting cover yourself in snipe urine"
• "A snipe is a real bird that you can hunt in some states."
• "It just appears to me that every snipe from the Right applies equally to Bush and the way he handled things."