snipe
noun
1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
Definition categories: animal, shorebird
2. a gunshot from a concealed location
verb
1. hunt or shoot snipe
Definition categories: competition, hunt, run
2. aim and shoot with great precision
Similar word(s): sharpshoot
Definition categories: competition, blast, shoot
3. attack in speech or writing
Similar word(s): assail, assault, attack, round
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock