snipes
/snaɪps/
snipes is the plural of snipe.
snipes is the obsolete form of snips.
snipes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snipe.
Meaning of snipe
Noun (1)
snipe (plural snipes or (only for the bird) snipe)
- Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
- A fool; a blockhead.
- For I mine own gained knowledge should profane,/ If I would time expend with such a snipe,/ But for my sport and profit.c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, act I, scene 3, line 390
- A shot fired from a concealed place.
- A member of the engineering department on a ship.
- A goal.
Noun (2)
snipe (plural snipes)
- A cigarette butt.
Meaning of snips
Noun
snips
- shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs
Proper noun capitalized: Snipes
Snipes
- A surname.
Phrases with snipes
Words that rhyme with snipes
Questions about snipes
- What does snipes mean?
- Snipes means a surname.
- What is snipes the plural of?
- Snipes is the plural of snipe.
- What part of speech is snipes?
- Snipes is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce snipes?
- Snipes is pronounced /snaɪps/.
Words near snipes in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: snipes (page history and authors); Snipes (page history and authors); snipe (page history and authors); snips (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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