snipe

  1. Noun.  Any of various limicoline game birds of the family ''Scolopacidae'', having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
  2. Noun.  A fool; a blockhead.
  3. Noun.  A shot from a concealed place.
  4. Noun.  (italbrac, naval slang) A member of the Engineering Department on a ship.
  5. Noun.  A bottle of wine containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
  6. Noun.  An animated promotional logo during a television show.
  7. Verb.  To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
  8. Verb.  To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
  9. Verb.  To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.

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