snipe

n : Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper

family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

v 1: hunt snipe

2: hunt or shoot snipe

3: shoot from a concealed position [syn: {sharpshoot}]

4: attack verbally, in speech or writing; "The editors of the

left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},

{round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {assault}]