Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 5 compound words that contain snipes. The most common are listed below. Open snipes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- common snipesplural of common snipe: A bird of the species Gallinago gallinago.
- great snipesplural of great snipe: A medium-small wading bird (Gallinago media).
- nerd-snipesthird-person singular simple present indicative of nerd-snipe: To present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
- painted snipesplural of painted snipe: Any of three species of snipe-like birds in the family Rostratulidae, found in wetlands and characterised by reversed sexual dimorphism (female larger than male).
- robin snipesplural of robin snipe: A bird, the red-breasted snipe or dowitcher.
- shore snipesplural of shore snipe: A sandpiper, a bird in the Scolopacidae family.
- stone-snipesplural of stone-snipe: A common North American bird, the greater yellowlegs, greater tell-tale or long-legged tattler (Tringa melanoleuca).
- stream snipesthird-person singular simple present indicative of stream snipe: To watch another person play a multiplayer game on a live stream, especially to use the knowledge gained from watching the broadcast to gain an unfair in-game advantage over …
- whole snipesplural of whole snipe: The common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe.
- Australian painted snipesplural of Australian painted snipe: A species of wader, Rostratula australis, endemic to Australia.
- pin-tailed snipesplural of pin-tailed snipe: A bird of the species Gallinago stenura, native to Russia and southern Asia.
- muck-snipesplural of muck-snipe: A bankrupt, especially someone ruined by gambling.
- sea snipesplural of sea snipe: A sandpiper.
Compound words 5
- jacksnipesplural of jacksnipe: Any of species Lymnocryptes minimus of migratory small stocky waders, the smallest of the snipes.
- nerdsnipesthird-person singular simple present indicative of nerdsnipe: To present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.
- sandsnipesplural of sandsnipe: Any of various small waders of the family Scolopacidae.
- seedsnipesplural of seedsnipe: Any of four species of herbivorous wading birds in the family Thinocoridae, endemic to South America.
- guttersnipesplural of guttersnipe: A person of the lowest social or economic class.