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Word: snipe (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bottle of wine containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
  • A fool; a blockhead.
  • An animated promotional logo during a television show.
  • Any of various limicoline game birds of the family ''Scolopacidae'', having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  • A shot from a concealed place.
  • naval slang A member of the Engineering Department on a ship.

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Verb:

  • To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
  • To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
  • To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.

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