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snipe

49 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) snipe (noun)
  2. 2) snipe (verb)
  3. snipe eel (noun)
  4. snipe fly (noun)
  5. snipe hinge (noun)
  6. snipe hunt (noun)
  7. snipe-nosed (adjective)
  8. blind snipe (noun)
  9. brant snipe (noun)
  10. double snipe (noun)
  11. English snipe (noun)
  12. fall snipe (noun)
  13. frost snipe (noun)
  14. full snipe (noun)
  15. grass snipe (noun)
  16. great snipe (noun)
  17. half snipe (noun)
  18. Irish snipe (noun)
  19. lesser snipe (noun)
  20. maggot snipe (noun)
  21. martin snipe (noun)
  22. meadow snipe (noun)
  23. mud snipe (noun)
  24. painted snipe (noun)
  25. quail snipe (noun)
  26. red-bellied snipe (noun)
  27. red-breasted snipe (noun)
  28. red-legged snipe (noun)
  29. rock snipe (noun)
  30. sand snipe (noun)

1snipe

noun \ˈsnīp\
plural snipes

Definition of SNIPE

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
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Origin of SNIPE

Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snīpa snipe; akin to Old High German snepfa snipe
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SNIPE

Cuyp, gripe, hype, pipe, ripe, stipe, stripe, swipe, tripe, type, wipe

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