any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago(common snipe), of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
2.
any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
3.
a shot, usually from a hidden position.
–verb (used without object)
4.
to shoot or hunt snipe.
5.
to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
6.
to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, esp. anonymously or from a safe distance.
Origin: 1275–1325; ME snype (n.) < ON -snīpa (in mȳrisnīpa moor snipe); c. Norw snipa, Icel snīpa; cf. Dan sneppe, G Schnepfe
Any of various long-billed shore birds of the genus Gallinago or Capella, related to the woodcocks and sandpipers, especially the common, widely distributed species G. gallinago or C. gallinago.
Any of various similar or related birds.
A shot, especially a gunshot, from a concealed place.
intr.v.
sniped, snip·ing, snipes
To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
To shoot snipe.
To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
[Middle English, probably from Old Norse -snīpa (as in mȳrisnīpa, marsh snipe).]
[snahyp] 
noun, plural snipes, (especially collectively
) snipe for 1, 2; verb sniped, snip⋅ing.