snipe

/snˈaɪp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
2. a gunshot from a concealed location

verb

1. hunt or shoot snipe
2. aim and shoot with great precision
3. attack in speech or writing
   “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”

Synonyms for snipe

• sharpshoot
• attack
• round
• assail
• lash out
• assault

Words that rhyme with snipe

• pipe
• type
• stripe
• ripe
• monotype
• pinstripe
• swipe
• blowpipe
• genotype
• gripe
• hype
• stereotype
• tripe
• wipe
• archetype
• bagpipe
• overripe
• phenotype
• prototype
• stipe
• tailpipe
• cripe
• ferrotype
• gipe
• knipe
• lipe
• shipe
• sipe
• skype
• subtype