Synonyms for snipe
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : snahyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : snaɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for snipe Other synonyms for the word snipe
- comeback
- contemn
- cop
- crib
- curlew
- deride
- dig
- fleer
- flout
- gibe
- grouse
- hector
- hustle
- jab
- jest
- laugh at
- lift
- make a crack
- misappropriate
- mock
- partridge
- pheasant
- pinch
- plover
- poke fun
- put down
- put on
- quail
- rip off
- rob
- sandpiper
- scrounge
- sneak
- snipe
- snitch
- swipe
- take
- thieve
- walk off with
- wild turkey
- wildfowl
- woodcock
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for snipe
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