SNIPE
Scrabble letter values: S1N1I1P3E1 = 7
Definition
- noun Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
- noun a gunshot from a concealed location.
- verb hunt or shoot snipe.
- verb aim and shoot with great precision. — synonyms: sharpshoot
- verb attack in speech or writing. — synonyms: attack, round, assail, lash_out, assault
Examples
- “of marshy areas”
- “similar to the woodcocks”
- “The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker”