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