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snipiness

snipiness noun: the property of being full of, characteristic of, or attractive to snipe.

Noun

snipiness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being full of, characteristic of, or attractive to snipe.
    • ...for several shooting seasons it remained a likely place, though it grew only grass, and there was no visible snipiness about it.1902, The Spectator - Volume 87, page 310
    • A good duck call is a necessity (the siren variety has served me best), and if one picks and tries among the bone' whistles sold for snipe, he will come upon one with just the right pitch of snipiness for yellowlegs and black-bellies.1920, Country Life - Volume 37, page 40
  2. Resemblance to a snipe's beak; the property of being long, narrow, and pointed; beakiness.
    • The jaws are long, powerful and devoid either of snipiness or of exaggeration in length.1934, Dogs and Their Management, page 38
    • The jaws should be medium length and powerful and free from snipiness.1997, Heather Wiles-Fone, The Ultimate Labrador Retriever, →ISBN, page 91

Examples of snipiness in a sentence

  • He could guess whether a red or a black bog suited snipiness at the moment.1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68:
  • I don't think the judges will rate Max for lippiness and snipiness the way some of us might.2016, Doug Jordan, The Maxim Chronicles, →ISBN, page 130:

Origin of snipiness

From snipey + -ness.

Questions about snipiness

What does snipiness mean?
Snipiness means the property of being full of, characteristic of, or attractive to snipe.
How do you use snipiness in a sentence?
He could guess whether a red or a black bog suited snipiness at the moment.
What part of speech is snipiness?
Snipiness is a noun.

Words near snipiness in the dictionary

  1. sniperscopes
  2. snipes
  3. snipey
  4. snipier
  5. snipiest
  6. snipiness
  7. sniping
  8. snipingly
  9. snipings
  10. sniplet
  11. sniplets

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