Snipe - Definition
snipe
n 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
v 1: hunt or shoot snipe
2: aim and shoot with great precision [syn: sharpshoot,
snipe]
3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack,
round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault]