snipe - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a gunshot from a concealed location

Synonyms

• snipe

More generic

• gunfire
• gunshot

Noun

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

Synonyms

• snipe

More generic

• limicoline bird
• shore bird
• shorebird

More specific

• Gallinago gallinago
• Gallinago gallinago delicata
• Gallinago media
• Limnocryptes minima
• Wilson's snipe
• dowitcher
• great snipe
• half snipe
• jacksnipe
• whole snipe
• woodcock snipe

Related

• wisp

Verb

attack in speech or writing

Synonyms

• assail
• assault
• attack
• lash out
• round
• snipe

More generic

• criticise
• criticize
• knock
• pick apart

More specific

• abuse
• barrage
• blackguard
• blister
• bombard
• clapperclaw
• claw
• rip
• rubbish
• scald
• shout
• vitriol
• whang
• whip

Verb

aim and shoot with great precision

Synonyms

• sharpshoot
• snipe

More generic

• blast
• shoot

Verb

hunt or shoot snipe

Synonyms

• snipe

More generic

• hunt
• hunt down
• run
• track down

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