[snipe] n, pl snipes [ME, of Scand origin; akin to ON snipa snipe; akin to OHG snepfa snipe] (14c) 1 or pl snipe : any of various usu. slender-billed birds of the same family as the sandpipers; esp: any of several game birds (esp. genus Gallinago) esp. of marshy areas
2: a contemptible person
[2]snipe vi sniped ; snip.ing (1832) 1: to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usu. concealed point of vantage
2: to aim a carping or snide attack -- snip.er n