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- [snahyp]
- /snaɪp/
- /snaɪp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snahyp]
- /snaɪp/
Definitions of snipe word
- noun plural snipe any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage. 1
- noun plural snipe any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers. 1
- noun plural snipe a shot, usually from a hidden position. 1
- verb without object snipe to shoot or hunt snipe. 1
- verb without object snipe to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs. 1
- verb without object snipe to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance. 1
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Origin of snipe
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English snype (noun) < Old Norse -snīpa (in mȳrisnīpa moor snipe); cognate with Norwegian snipa, Icelandic snīpa; compare Danish sneppe, German Schnepfe
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Parts of speech for Snipe
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snipe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snipe usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snipe
verb snipe
noun snipe
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
- wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
- woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
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