snipe
狙击,鹬蚌相争,鹬蚌相争渔翁得利
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Definitions
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plural snipes, snipe for 1, 2.
- : any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago, of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- : any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
- : a shot, usually from a hidden position.
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sniped, snip·ing.
- : to shoot or hunt snipe.
- : to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
- : to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance.
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Examples
They used their monologues to snipe at each other, with Letterman piling on Jay just for kicks.
Snipe had been kicked out of his home, in the Bronx, and needed a place to crash.
A third stopped, and Snipe trotted forward to chat to the driver.
Plenty of couples snipe at each other in sometimes embarrassing ways in front of company.
Mr. MacCulloch also writes me word that the Solitary Snipe occasionally occurs.
Dottrel and yellow silk,—inside of Snipe's wing, and pale yellow silk,—hooks No. 2.
Light Blue,—inside of Snipe's wing,—body light Drab silk,—tail and legs grizzled hackle.
Light Blue,—inside of Snipe's wing,—light drab silk for body,—legs and tail grizzled hackle.
The blood was pouring from the wound, and he lay motionless, with the snipe dead on the ground about six inches from his nose.