Snipe vs. Hunt

Snipenoun

Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Snipenoun

A fool; a blockhead.

Snipenoun

A shot fired from a concealed place.

Snipenoun

(naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.

Snipenoun

(ice hockey slang) A goal.

Snipenoun

(slang) A cigarette butt.

Snipenoun

An animated promotional logo during a television show.

Snipenoun

A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.

Snipenoun

A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.

Snipenoun

A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.

Snipeverb

(intransitive) To hunt snipe.

Snipeverb

(intransitive) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.

Snipeverb

To shoot with a sniper rifle.

Snipeverb

(transitive) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.

Snipeverb

(transitive) To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Snipeverb

(ice hockey slang) To score a goal.

Snipeverb

(intransitive) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

Snipenoun

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidæ, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Snipenoun

A fool; a blockhead.

Snipeverb

To shoot or hunt snipe.

Snipeverb

To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; - often with at.

Snipeverb

To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action.

Snipeverb

To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.

Snipenoun

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

Snipenoun

a gunshot from a concealed location

Snipeverb

hunt or shoot snipe

Snipeverb

aim and shoot with great precision

Snipeverb

attack in speech or writing;

Snipenoun

a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight.

Snipeverb

shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range

Snipeverb

make a sly or petty verbal attack

Snipeverb

(in an online auction) place a bid judged to be high enough to win an item just before the bidding is scheduled to close

Snipeverb

outbid (another bidder in an online auction) just before the bidding is scheduled to close

Snipe

A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/camouflaging plumage.

Huntverb

(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.

Huntverb

(ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).

Huntverb

(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.

Huntverb

(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.

Huntverb

(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.

Huntverb

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Huntverb

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Huntverb

To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Huntnoun

The act of hunting.

Huntnoun

A hunting expedition.

Huntnoun

An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.

Huntnoun

A pack of hunting dogs.

Huntverb

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer.

Huntverb

To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; - often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence.

Huntverb

To drive; to chase; - with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish.

Huntverb

To use or manage in the chase, as hounds.

Huntverb

To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country.

Huntverb

To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.

Huntverb

To follow the chase; to go out in pursuit of game; to course with hounds.

Huntverb

To seek; to pursue; to search; - with for or after.

Huntverb

To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, or the like; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.

Huntverb

To shift up and down in order regularly.

Huntnoun

The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.

Huntnoun

The game secured in the hunt.

Huntnoun

A pack of hounds.

Huntnoun

An association of huntsmen.

Huntnoun

A district of country hunted over.

Huntnoun

Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

Huntnoun

United States architect (1827-1895)

Huntnoun

British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

Huntnoun

an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Huntnoun

an instance of searching for something;

Huntnoun

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Huntnoun

the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

Huntnoun

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

Huntverb

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals);

Huntverb

pursue or chase relentlessly;

Huntverb

chase away, with as with force;

Huntverb

yaw back and forth about a flight path;

Huntverb

oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent;

Huntverb

seek, search for;

Huntverb

search (an area) for prey;

Huntverb

pursue and kill (a wild animal) for sport or food

Huntverb

pursue (a wild animal, especially a fox or deer) on horseback using hounds

Huntverb

use (a hound or a horse) for hunting

Huntverb

(of an animal) chase and kill (its prey)

Huntverb

search determinedly for someone or something

Huntverb

(of the police) search for (a criminal)

Huntverb

search for and capture someone

Huntverb

(of a device or system) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state

Huntverb

(of an aircraft or rocket) oscillate about a mean flight path.

Huntverb

(in change-ringing) move the place of a bell in a simple progression.

Huntnoun

an act of hunting wild animals or game

Huntnoun

an association of people who meet regularly to hunt, especially with hounds.

Huntnoun

an area where hunting takes place.

Huntnoun

a search

Huntnoun

an oscillating motion about a desired speed, position, or state.