snipe
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
Types & categories
- shorebird hypernym
- whole snipe hyponym
- Wilson's snipe hyponym
- woodcock snipe hyponym
- jacksnipe hyponym
- dowitcher hyponym
Parts & wholes
- wisp member holonym
Related & opposite
- snipe derivation
Sense 2 verb
hunt or shoot snipe
Types & categories
- hunt hypernym
Related & opposite
- snipe derivation
Sense 3 noun
a gunshot from a concealed location
Types & categories
- gunfire hypernym
Related & opposite
- sharpshoot derivation
Sense 4 verb
aim and shoot with great precision
Types & categories
- shoot hypernym
Related & opposite
- snipe derivation
- marksman derivation
- sharpshooter derivation
- sniper derivation
Sense 5 verb
attack in speech or writing
The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- flak derivation
- aggressor derivation
- assaultive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snipe |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | wisp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shorebird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whole snipe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wilson's snipe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woodcock snipe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jacksnipe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dowitcher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snipe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hunt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sharpshoot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | gunfire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snipe |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | marksman |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sharpshooter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sniper |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shoot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flak |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | assaultive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | criticize |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackguard |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | claw |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitriol |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rip |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | whang |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | barrage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scald |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubbish |