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.
For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.
A shot fired from a concealed place.
A member of the engineering department on a ship.
A goal.
verb
To hunt snipe.
The pleasures of Bay bird shooting should not be spoken of in the same sentence with cocking or sniping.
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
To shoot with a sniper rifle.
To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.
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.
To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
noun
A cigarette butt.
An end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.
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.