Plural of snipe
regular plural
The plural of snipe is snipes or snipe.
Forms of snipe
| Singular | snipe /snaɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | snipes /snaɪps/ snipe /snaɪp/ |
| Countable | countable |
Plural of snipe by meaning
- any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and...: snipes or snipe
- a cigarette butt.: snipes
- a sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.: snipes
Meaning of snipe
- noun Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- noun A fool; a blockhead.
- noun A shot fired from a concealed place.
Questions about the plural of snipe
- What is the plural of snipe?
- The plural of snipe is snipes or snipe.
- Is snipe countable?
- Snipe is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snipe (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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