
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