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snipe

noun verb

a gunshot from a concealed location

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Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
E
Contains
NI
Scrabble score
7

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noun

  1. a gunshot from a concealed location

noun

  1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

verb

  1. attack in speech or writing

    “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”

verb

  1. aim and shoot with great precision

verb

  1. hunt or shoot snipe

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Example Sentences

The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, licensed under CC BY 4.0, derived from Princeton WordNet.

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