Meaning of snipy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Full of or attractive to snipe.
2. Long, narrow, and pointed.
3. Prone to sniping.

Examples

“The wind was blowing almost a storm as we arrived at our first ground -- a good-sized lake, with broad moory flats, sprinkled with bulrushes and sedgy grass stretching down to the water's edge, and looking uncommonly snipy.”

“To all this I agreed, and having borrowed a gun from one of my Rifle Officer friends, and a good stock⟳ of ammunition, I joined my two new friends at funfire in the morning, and after driving about 6 miles, I saw⟳ some very snipy-looking fields, got down, my companions promising to call⟳ for me about 11 o'clock on their way back.”

“Some however, say⟳ it is the result⟳ of a capricious disposition which induces them to leave⟳ "snipy places" for other spots, but though possible, I am, after many years careful observation, inclined to disagree.”

“The muzzle is strong and squared off, never snipy.”

“On 16 December 1878 Marian went to court to prove⟳ the will, an ordeal which even the usually snipy George Simpson though she should have⟳ been spared.”

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