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}]
     3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the
        left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
         {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {assault}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0