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Snipe - Wikipedia
A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill.
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SNIPE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SNIPE is any of various usually slender-billed birds of the sandpiper family; especially : any of several game birds (especially genus ...
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SNIPE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position. The enemy was sniping from the roofs. to attack a person or a person's work ...
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sneipe
sneipe, v. Obs.—1 [perh. identical with snape v.1 and v.2] intr. ? To become pinched.c 1300 Old Age vii. in E.E.P. (1862) 149, I snurpe, i snobbe, i sneipe on snovte. [Cf. sneap-nose.]
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sneipe, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the verb sneipe is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's only evidence for sneipe is from around 1300, ...
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Snipe - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A long-beaked bird that lives in marshes and swamps is called a snipe. As a verb, to snipe is to attack someone in a snide way.
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sneap-nose
† sneap-nose Obs.—1 [f. sneap v.] One who has a pinched nose. (Cf. sneipe v.)1649 Quarles Virgin Widow ii, Must I be thus slighted..by a Runnagate, a Sneap nose, a thin gut?
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SNIPE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
to shoot at someone from a position where you cannot be seen: The rebels have started sniping at civilians. to criticize someone unpleasantly.
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Snipe - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
a name of various small, long-billed marsh birds, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term.
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Snipe Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
SNIPE meaning: 1 : to shoot at someone from a hidden place; 2 : to criticize someone or something in a harsh or unfair way usually + at.
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[PDF] Searching for Snipe - Montana FWP
Eighteen species of snipe exist worldwide. In North America,. Wilson's snipe (formerly called common snipe) is our only rep- resentative. Listen to the call ...
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snurp
snurp, v. [app. the same as the mod. dial. snurp (more commonly snirp, snerp), of Scand. origin: cf. Norw. dial. snurpa, snyrpa to draw together in wrinkles.] intr. To become shrivelled or wrinkled.c 1300 Old Age vii. in E.E.P. (1862) 149, I snurpe, i snobbe, i sneipe on snovte.
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snape
▪ I. snape, n.1 dial. [f. snape v.1] a. A snub, rebuke, or check. b. A check to growth; a change to cold or bad weather.1828– in dial. glossaries and texts (Eng. Dial. Dict.).▪ II. snape, n.2 rare. [f. snape v.2] A tapering, a bevel; an act of snaping.1794 Rigging & Seamanship 23 The lower ends [are...
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cumble
▪ I. † ˈcumble, n. Obs. [ad. F. comble:—L. cumul-um heap, heap over and above a measure, summit, apex, crown, etc.] 1. Heap, accumulation. rare.1694 R. Burthogge Reason 276 That cumble of Accidents, External, Internal. 2. Highest point, apex, culmination. (A Gallicism affected by Howell.)1640 Howell...
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snob
▪ I. snob, n.1 (snɒb) Also 9 Sc. snab. [Orig. slang, of obscure origin.] 1. a. dial. or colloq. A shoemaker or cobbler; a cobbler's apprentice.α 1781 in Hone Every-day Bk. II. 837 Sir William Blase, a snob by trade. 1785 Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Snob, a nick name for a shoemaker. 1819 Sporting Mag. IV...
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