a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight.
Gallinago and other genera, family Scolopacidae: several species, e.g. the common snipe (G. gallinago)
Gallinago and other genera, family Scolopacidae: several species, e.g. the common snipe (G. gallinago)
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Universal
1shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range:the soldiers in the trench sniped at us
2make a sly or petty verbal attack:the state governor constantly sniped at the president (as noun sniping)there has been some sniping about inept leadership
3 (often as noun sniping) (in an online auction) place a bid judged to be high enough to win an item just before the bidding is scheduled to close:sellers love sniping because it drives up pricesI regularly snipe 10 to 5 seconds before the end of eBay auctions
[with object] outbid (another bidder in an online auction) just before the bidding is scheduled to close:what is the point of sitting around for a seven-day auction when half the time you get sniped at the last second
