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Word entry · 5 letters

snipe

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"Marsh bird"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /snaɪp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted einpsStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SNIPE).

Definitions

  1. Long-billed marsh bird.

Word origin

From Middle English snipe, snype (a type of bird), from Old Norse snípa, as in mýrisnípa (“moor snipe”). Akin to Norwegian snipe.

Used in a sentence

  • For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.
  • The pleasures of Bay bird shooting should not be spoken of in the same sentence with cocking or sniping.
  • I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.

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