guttersnipe | (noun) a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas | Synonyms: street urchin |
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jacksnipe | (noun) American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting | Synonyms: Calidris melanotos, pectoral sandpiper |
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(noun) a small short-billed Old World snipe | Synonyms: half snipe, Limnocryptes minima |
snipe | (noun) a gunshot from a concealed location | - |
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(noun) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks | - |
(verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round |
(verb) aim and shoot with great precision | Synonyms: sharpshoot |
(verb) hunt or shoot snipe | - |