Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sniping}.]
   1. To shoot or hunt snipe.

   2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long
      range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.

Snipe \Snipe\, v. t.
   1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
      range, esp. when not in action.

   2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in
      skidding.

Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe,
   snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[=i]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe,
   Sw. sn["a]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See
   {Snap}, {Snaffle}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game
      birds of the family {Scolopacid[ae]}, having a long,
      slender, nearly straight beak.

   Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis})
         and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the
         most important European species. The Wilson's snipe
         ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English
         snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus
         griseus}), are well-known American species.

   2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak.

   {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe.

   {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}.

   {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}.

   {Robin snipe}, the knot.

   {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary.

   {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper.

   {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Stone snipe}, the tattler.

   {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European
      sandpipers.

   {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}.

   {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.

Source : WordNet®

snipe
     v 1: hunt or shoot snipe
     2: aim and shoot with great precision [syn: {sharpshoot}]
     3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the
        left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
         {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {assault}]

snipe
     n 1: Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper
          family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
     2: a gunshot from a concealed location