Snipe

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2. isim A fool; a blockhead.

   “For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.”

3. isim A shot fired from a concealed place.
4. isim A member of the engineering department on a ship.
5. isim A goal.
6. fiil To hunt snipe.

   “The pleasures of Bay bird shooting should not be spoken of in the same sentence with cocking or sniping.”

7. fiil To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
8. fiil To shoot with a sniper rifle.
9. fiil To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.

   “I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.”

10. fiil To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
11. fiil To score a goal.
12. fiil To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
13. isim A cigarette butt.
14. isim An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
15. isim An animated promotional logo during a television show.
16. isim 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.
17. isim A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.
18. isim A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
19. isim A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out, political criticism, etc.).

    “[R]egular campaign posters are easily adapted to the student market by sniping them. […] The student snipe should say something like, "FOR STUDENTS ONLY: 5 EVENTS FOR AS LITTLE AS $20.00!"”

20. fiil To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

    “After the president held a White House event announcing a shared venture, with up to $500 billion of funding[…] Elon Musk sniped on X that the money for the venture wasn’t really there.”

21. fiil To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.

    “Campus newspaper advertising rates are inexpensive, flyers can be simple because the ticket-price message is strong, and regular campaign posters are easily adapted to the student market by sniping them.”

22. özel isim A surname.