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Synonyms for snipe
snaɪpsnipe

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  1. snipenoun

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

  2. snipeverb

    a gunshot from a concealed location

  3. snipeverb

    hunt or shoot snipe

    Synonyms:
    sharpshoot, round, lash out, attack, assail, assault

  4. sharpshoot, snipeverb

    aim and shoot with great precision

    Synonyms:
    sharpshoot, round, lash out, attack, assail, assault

  5. attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assaultverb

    attack in speech or writing

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

    Synonyms:
    ravish, round out, set on, polish up, rape, violate, round down, polish, lash out, outrage, assail, fill out, dishonor, round, assault, labialise, brush up, attack, labialize, flesh out, aggress, dishonour, sharpshoot, round off

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How to use snipe in a sentence?

  1. Howard Dean:

    The strategy is get your point across, never make more than one or two big points, and don't snipe at somebody without thinking it through because you don't want to look cranky.


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