From en.wiktionary.org:
[Snipe]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm] [a type of bird], from [en], as in [non]. Akin to [no].
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".[1]
The term _sniper_ was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word
"sharpshooter".<ref name="etymology"/>
**** Noun
[s] [Plural "snipe" is used only for the bird.]
1. Any of various limicoline game bird s of the genera [Gallinago] , [Lymnocryptes] and [Coenocorypha] in the family [Scolopacidae] , having a long , slender, nearly straight beak .
2. A fool ; a blockhead .
3. * [en]
4. A shot fired from a concealed place .
5. [en] A member of the engineering department on a ship .
6. [en] A goal .
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[bird of the family Scolopacidae]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Norman: [nrf] [Jersey]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd] , [gd] , [gd] [Tiree]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[fool, blockhead]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
[trans-bottom]
[shot from a concealed place]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[naval slang: member of the Engineering Department]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To hunt snipe.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
4. [en] To shoot with a sniper rifle .
5. [en] To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
6. * 2003 , "Weird Al" Yankovic, _[eBay (song)]_ (song)
7. *: I am the type who is liable to SNIPE you <br> With two seconds left to go, whoa.
8. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=2005 |author=Nancy Conner |title=eBay: The Missing Manual: The
Missing Manual
|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATAfRNklWlwC&pg=PT126
|isbn=0596552408 |page=126 |publisher=O'Reilly Media, Inc. |passage=Tip:
Adding a few cents to your maximum bid is particularly effective when you're
SNIPING. (..) Last-second bidding is called SNIPING, and 15 percent of all
eBay auctions are won within the last minute.}}
1. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=2007 |author=Entrepreneur Press |title=Start Your Own Business on
eBay: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success
|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYVI2cqBBcEC&pg=PA64
|isbn=1613080557 |page=64 |publisher=Entrepreneur Press |passage= SNIPING is
the process of placing bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction.
Snipers do this to avoid bidding wars that escalate the bids to more than they
want to pay.}}
1. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=2008 |author=Michael Miller |title=Absolute Beginner's Guide to EBay
|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jip8SkAAruQC&pg=PA68
|isbn=0789737833 |page=68 |publisher=Que Publishing |passage=The successful
sniper makes one bid only—and makes it count. SNIPING happens on eBay because
the end time of each auction is rigidly enforced. If you know that an auction
ends at 12:01:30, you can time your snipe to hit at 12:01:29, leaving no time
for any other bidders to trump your bid.}}
1.. [en] To nose (a log ) to make it drag or slip easily in skid ding.
2. [en] To score a goal .
3. To move the ball quickly in a different direction.
4. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[shoot at individuals from a concealed place]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Spanish: [es]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[shoot with a sniper rifle]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Spanish: [es]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
Probably from [en] or a cognate
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A cigarette butt.
2. An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
3. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
4. 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.
5. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liter s, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo .
***** Translations
[slang: cigarette butt]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[animated promotional logo during a television show] [trans-bottom]
[small wine bottle]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
Either from [en] or a figurative development from Etymology 1.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A sharp , clever answer ; sarcasm .
2. A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1983 | author=Joseph V. Melillo | title=Market the Arts!
|passage=[R]egular campaign posters are easily adapted to the student market
by sniping them. [...] The student SNIPE should say something like, "FOR
STUDENTS ONLY: 5 EVENTS FOR AS LITTLE AS $20.00!"}}
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make malicious , underhand remark s or attack s.
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=May 23 2013 | author=w:Sarah Lyall | title=British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party | titleurl=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/world/europe/british-leader-david-cameron-faces-rebellion-in-his-party.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | journal=New York Times | accessdate=29 May 2013
|passage=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.”}}
1. * [en-US]
2. [en] To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1983 | author=Joseph V. Melillo | title=Market the Arts!
|passage=Campus newspaper advertising rates are inexpensive, flyers can be
simple because the ticket-price message is strong, and regular campaign
posters are easily adapted to the student market by SNIPING them.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2018 | author=Avram Finkelstein | title=After Silence: A History of AIDS Through Its Images | page=42
|passage=At the time, a poster cost more to SNIPE than to print. The company
quoted us $1.50 per poster, and made such a point of guaranteeing coverage, I
decided to covertly follow one of their crews around one night to see for
myself.}}
*** Further reading
- [R:Century 1911]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Etymonline]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
[lang=nn]
*** Etymology
From [nn] (“moor snipe”). Akin to [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [no]
*** Noun
[nn-noun-f2]
1. any of various birds of the family [Scolopacidae] , the [en] s and sandpiper s
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
[nn]