nnoun.animalOld or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocksDerivationally Related Form:snipe
Member Holonyms:wisp
Hypernyms:limicoline bird shore bird shorebird
Inherited Hypernyms:snipeshorebirdwading birdaquatic birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Gallinago gallinagoGallinago gallinago delicataGallinago mediaLimnocryptes minimaWilson's snipedowitchergreat snipehalf snipejacksnipewhole snipewoodcock snipe
Full Hyponyms:dowitchergreat snipegreybackjacksnipered-breasted snipewhole snipewilson's snipe
nnoun.acta gunshot from a concealed locationDerivationally Related Form:snipe
Hypernyms:gunfire gunshot
Inherited Hypernyms:snipegunfireshootingpropulsionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.competitionhunt or shoot snipeDerivationally Related Form:snipe
Hypernyms:hunt hunt down run track down
Inherited Hypernyms:snipehuntcaptureget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | In the summer they like to go out and --- (apply to: snipe)
vverb.competitionaim and shoot with great precisionSynset:sharpshoot
Derivationally Related Form:snipersharpshootersnipe
Hypernyms:blast shoot
Inherited Hypernyms:sharpshootblastfire
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationattack in speech or writingSynset:assail assault attack lash out round
Examples:- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Derivationally Related Form:assaulterassaultiveattackerassailantattack
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:attackknockcommentnotestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:abusebarrageblackguardblisterbombardclapperclawclawriprubbishscaldshoutvitriolwhangwhip
Full Troponyms:abuseblisterbombardclawcurseriprubbishslangvilifyvitriolwhang
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: snipe, lash out, round)