plural snipes
1
or plural snipe
: any of various usually slender-billed birds of the sandpiper family
especially
: any of several game birds (especially genus Gallinago) especially of marshy areas
2
: a contemptible person
sniped; sniping
1
: to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage
2
: to aim a carping or snide attack
sniper
noun
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