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(), n.[OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. snpa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. snppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See Snap, Snaffle.] 1. (Zol.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacid, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. The common, or whole, snipe (Gallinago clestis) and the great, or double, snipe (G. major), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe (G. delicata) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher (Macrohamphus griseus), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] Shak. Half snipe, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. Jack snipe. See Jacksnipe. Quail snipe. See under Quail. Robin snipe, the knot. Sea snipe. See in the Vocabulary. Shore snipe, any sandpiper. Snipe hawk, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] Stone snipe, the tattler. Summer snipe, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. Snipe (), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Sniped (); p. pr. & vb. n.Sniping ().] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at. Snipe (), v. t. 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. 2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding. スポンサード リンク
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