[snʌɪp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe

[snʌɪp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range
(e.g: the soldiers in the trench sniped at us)

- make a sly or petty verbal attack
(e.g: he constantly sniped at his former colleague)

- (in an online auction) place a bid judged to be high enough to win an item just before the bidding is scheduled to close
(e.g: I regularly snipe 10 to 5 seconds before the end of eBay auctions)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe