snipe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of various long-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common, widely distributed species G. gallinago or C. gallinago.
2. n. Any of various similar or related birds.
3. n. A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place.
4. v. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
5. v. To shoot snipe.
6. v. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A bird of the genus Scolopax in a former broad sense. Some or any bird belonging to the family Scolopacidæ, having the bill straight, much longer than the head, dilated and sensitive at the end, and with a median lengthwise groove on the upper mandible near the end, the toes cleft to the base, the primaries not emarginate, and the tail-feathers barred; especially, a member of the genus Gallinago (Scolopax being restricted to certain woodcock). In Great Britain three species of Gallinago are called snipe.
2. n. A fool; a blockhead; a simpleton; a goose.
3. n. A half-smoked cigar found on the street.
4. n. (See also double-snipe, half-snipe, horsefoot-snipe, jack-snipe, martin-snipe, quail-snipe, rail-snipe, robin-snipe, rock-snipe, shore-snipe, whole-snipe.)
5. To hunt snipe.
6. n. A sharp, clever answer; a sarcasm.
7. n. The Lake Tahoe trout, Salmo clarkii henshawi, found in western Nevada and neighboring parts of California.
8. To shoot at the enemy, or at isolated soldiers or outposts, in a casual way, as opportunity offers. See sniping.
9. To shoot (one of the enemy) from ambush or in a casual way, and not in a regular battle.
10. Same as nose, 5.

Wiktionary

1. n. 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. n. A fool; a blockhead.
3. n. A shot fired from a concealed place.
4. n. slang A cigarette butt.
5. n. naval slang A member of the engineering department on a ship.
6. n. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
7. n. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
8. v. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
9. v. by extension To shoot with a sniper rifle.
10. v. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
11. v. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2. n. rare A fool; a blockhead.
3. v. To shoot or hunt snipe.
4. v. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
5. v. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.
6. v. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. hunt or shoot snipe
2. v. aim and shoot with great precision
3. v. attack in speech or writing
4. n. a gunshot from a concealed location
5. n. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks