Snipe (disambiguation)

Snipe (disambiguation)

Snipe may refer to:

*Snipe, several species of wading bird
*Snipe (rapper), rap artist from New Orleans, Louisiana
*Snipe (theatrical), during motion picture exhibition, may refer to a short announouncement trailer on behalf of the theater, or any film that's run before or after a feature that isn't a promotional trailer or commercial (eg. a "welcome to our theater" snipe). A snipe may also refer to a last minute print which is glued over a poster or any paper advertising material to either alter or add to the information.:*In television advertising, the animated graphics that promote other shows while the viewer is watching the current show.
*Snipe hunt, one of a class of practical jokes that involves experienced people making fun of newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task
*A term used to describe a person of low character (although this is more commonly known as a Guttersnipe)

* A verb used to describe a short verbal assault on someone ('The aggravating wife sniped at her husband all day long, henpecking him into submission')
*Snipe (dinghy), class of racing sailboat
*Snipe Fly is a common name for insects in the order Diptera, genus "Rhagionidae"
*Sopwith Snipe, First World War bi-plane fighter
*A number of automobiles made by Humber as the Snipe or the Super Snipe from (at least) 1930 to 1963
*Auction sniping, bidding for an item in the last few seconds of an online auction such as on eBay. (Probably derived from military sniper, as a bidder "lurks" and at the last moment "fires" off a bid).
*Snipe, in woodworking, a deeper cut on a short section of a board at either end while using a jointer or thicknesser (planer).
*Sniping, the practice of chopping off corners of logs that are to be skidded.
*In the US Navy, slang for someone in the engineering field, especially those who work on the ship's propulsion plants.
*The Snipe, the name of one of the Titans in the game Crash of the Titans that is a cross between a fox and a tropical bird.
*Snipe, a Second World War code name for a location where a famous action took place during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
* Snipe islet, at the eastend of the Beagle Channel, 1958 place of the "Snipe incident" during the Beagle conflict.

ee also

*Sniper


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