snipe
English
/snaɪp/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- (ice hockey slang) A goal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English snipe derived from Old Norse snípa.
Origin
Old Norse
snípa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisniper English
- countersniper English
- fish English
- gutter English
- guttersnipe English
- guttersnipish English
- jack English
- jacksnipe English
- seed English
- seedsnipe English
- snipefish English
- snipelike English
- sniper English
- sniperlike English
- sniperscope English
- snipey English
- snipiness English
- sniper French
- сна́йпер Russian
- снайпер Russian
- sniper Portuguese
- sneip Norwegian Nynorsk
- snipe Norwegian Nynorsk
- snipe Middle English
- mýrisnípa Old Norse
- snípa Old Norse
- სნაიპერი Georgian