Definition of: snipe

(snīp) noun plural snipe or snipes
1. A shore bird (genus Capella), allied to the woodcock and much esteemed as a game bird; especially, the common European or whole snipe (C. gallinago), and the common American or Wilson's snipe (C. delicata).
2. One of other snipelike birds, as the lesser snipe or jack snipe of Europe (Limnocryptes minimus).
3. U.S. Slang A cigarette or cigar butt.
—v.i. sniped, snip·ing
1. To hunt or shoot snipe.
2. To shoot at or pick off individual enemies from cover or ambush.
3. U.S. Slang To hunt for cigarette or cigar butts. [<ON snipa]