snipe
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(verb) hunt or shoot snipe |
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Related Words: hunt, hunt down, run, track down |
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| 2. |
(verb) hunt snipe |
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Related Words: fowl |
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(noun) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks |
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Related Words: Gallinago gallinago, Gallinago gallinago delicata, Gallinago media, Limnocryptes minima, Wilson's snipe, common snipe, dowitcher, great snipe, half snipe, jacksnipe, limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird, whole snipe, woodcock snipe |
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(verb) shoot from a concealed position |
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Synonyms: sharpshoot |
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Related Words: shoot |
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(verb) attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
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Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round |
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Related Words: abuse, barrage, blackguard, blister, clapperclaw, claw, criticise, criticize, pick apart, rubbish, shout, whang, whip |
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