Word of the day

Snipe – a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight; to shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range; to attack a person or a person’s work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance; to criticise in a harsh and unfair way, especially anonymously; to make a sly or petty verbal attack; a strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the advertisement; an animated promotional logo during a television show; an end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away.