Antonyms for snipe

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : snahyp

Phonetic Transcription : snaɪp

Definition of snipe

Origin : long-billed marsh bird, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term (cf. Old Saxon sneppa, Middle Dutch snippe, Dutch snip, Old High German snepfa, German Schnepfe "snipe," Swedish snäppa "sandpiper"), perhaps originally "snipper." The Old English name was snite, which is of uncertain derivation. An opprobrious term (cf. guttersnipe) since c.1600.

As in game bird : noun hunted bird
As in jeer : verb heckle
As in filch : verb steal

Example sentences :

And there, where the new church stands, I shot my first snipe.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

There the Senecas adopted her into the Snipe clan of their nation.
Extract from : « Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children » by Mabel Powers

How much nearer do you get to shooting a snipe by being told how not to take your aim?
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

It might have been snipe and it might have been bristling boars.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

"That is the way the kili (snipe) gets the uga (crab) from its shell," he said.
Extract from : « mona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others » by Louis Becke

The only birds shot as game in the colony are quail and snipe.
Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West

On such a day the snipe will be in such a meadow, and the golden plover in such a field.
Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey

Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?
Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson

The bill is long and slender, like that of a snipe, but slightly curved.
Extract from : « Birds of the Indian Hills » by Douglas Dewar

Clancy sees his advantage, and raises his gun, quick as for the shooting of a snipe.
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for snipe

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