Snipe meaning : Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. A fool; a blockhead. A shot fired from a concealed place. (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship. (ice hockey slang) A goal. To hunt snipe. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place. (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding. (ice hockey slang) To score a goal. To move the ball quickly in a different direction.