snipes

as ingame bird

as injeer
as infilch

Word Origin & History

long-billed marsh bird, early 14c., from Old Norse -snipa in myrisnipa "moor snipe;" perhaps a common Germanic term (cf. Old Saxon sneppa, Middle Dutch snippe, Dutch snip, Old High German snepfa, German Schnepfe "snipe," Swedish snäppa "sandpiper"), perhaps originally "snipper." The Old English name was snite, which is of uncertain derivation. An opprobrious term (cf. guttersnipe) since c.1600.

Example Sentences for snipes

He was taken day after day to mark the snipes, and praised for his conduct.

"It is but a leash of snipes, which I got me in a corner of the bog up yonder," says Osberne.

It was a habit of the snipes in breeding time to rise and 'drum' in that way.

Thim snipes must have been dhruv from the say, an' have come here unknownst to any wan.

I shot the hares, and Harry killed the ...

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Synonyms for snipes

noun hunted bird