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snipe

/sˈnaɪp/SNYP
/sˈnaɪp/SNYP

Meaninga snipe

Common meaning: a long-billed wading bird

Other meanings: shoot from hiding

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)snipa‘a snipe’source
  2. Middle Englishsnypesource
  3. Englishsnipe‘a long-billed wading bird’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) snipa ‘a snipe’.

Roots

  • snipa Old Norse (Icelandic) “a snipe”

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