snipe
/snaɪp/ noun C2- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- A goal.
Plural snipes
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