SNIPE

• (noun) a gunshot from a concealed location

• (noun) Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• (verb) attack in speech or writing

  "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

  synonyms : assail , assault , attack , lash out , round

• (verb) aim and shoot with great precision

  synonyms : sharpshoot

• (verb) hunt or shoot snipe

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