Reference meaning
snipe
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Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
Other meanings
2. noun
a gunshot from a concealed location
3. verb
hunt or shoot snipe
4. verb
aim and shoot with great precision
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