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As a noun snipe

is any of various limicoline game birds of the genera ''gallinago'', ''lymnocryptes'' and ''coenocorypha in the family scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak or snipe can be (slang) a cigarette butt or snipe can be a sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.

As a verb snipe

is (lb) to hunt snipe or snipe can be (lb) to make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.

As an initialism aim is

aol instant messenger.

snipe

English

(wikipedia snipe)

Etymology 1

(etyl) "type of bird", from (etyl) The verb originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe'' was dubbed a "sniper". The term ''sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter".'>citation

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
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  • A shot fired from a concealed place.
  • (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
    • Derived terms
    * snipebill * snipefish * snipe hunt * snipelike

    See also

    * snipe hunt

    Verb

  • (lb) To hunt snipe.
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  • (lb) To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
  • (lb) (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
  • (lb) To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid at the last possible moment.
    • Derived terms
    * sniper

    Etymology 2

    Probably from or a cognate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A cigarette butt.
  • An animated promotional logo during a television show.
  • A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
  • A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.

    • Etymology 3

    Either from (m) or a figurative development from Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (lb) To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”

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    English nouns with irregular plurals

    aim

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
  • The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
  • Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
    • My number one aim in life is to make money to make my parents, siblings and kids happy .
  • (obsolete) Conjecture; guess.
  • * Shakespeare
    • What you would work me to, I have some aim .
    Synonyms
    * (intention) aspiration, design, end, ettle, intention, mint, object, purpose, scheme, scope, tendency * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
  • To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed .}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere.
  • To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).
  • (obsolete) To guess or conjecture.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Usage notes
    * Sense 3. This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See
    Derived terms
    * aim at *

    Etymology 2

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.

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