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snipe

/snaɪp/
noun

  1. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

  2. A fool; a blockhead.

  3. A shot fired from a concealed place.

verb

  1. To hunt snipe.

  2. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.

  3. (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.

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