Množina: snipes

ETYM Old Eng. snipe; akin to Dutch snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, German schnepfe, Icel. snîpa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Swed. snäppa a sanpiper, and possibly to Eng. snap. Related to Snap, Snaffle.
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks.
European marsh bird of the family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes; species include common snipe Gallinago gallinago and the rare great snipe G. media, of which the males hold spring gatherings to show their prowess. It is closely related to the woodcock.

1. To hunt or shoot snipe.
2. To hunt snipe.

Množina: snipefish

Small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth; SYN. bellows fish.

Množina: snipers

A marksman who shoots at people from a concealed place.
Soldier specially trained in accurate long-range shooting, scouting, and reconnaissance.
The sniper’s function is to kill individual “high-value” targets such as officers and specialists, to observe the enemy’s activities and report upon them, and to seek out and kill enemy snipers.

Singular of snipers is sniper.

Množina: sniperscopes

An optical device for use especially with a rifle that allows a person to see targets better in the dark

Singular of snipes is snipe.