snipe
/snaɪp//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.
verb
Definitions
To hunt snipe.
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
(by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.