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

Matched Categories

1. • Criticize
   • Hunt
   • Shoot
   • Shorebird

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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.