piccolo vs snipe

piccolo

noun
  • A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle. 

  • A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. 

  • A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. 

  • A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant. 

  • An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. 

adj
  • Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments. 

snipe

noun
  • A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo. 

  • 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 ad. 

  • A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm. 

  • A goal. 

  • A member of the engineering department on a ship. 

  • A cigarette butt. 

  • 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 note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc. 

  • A end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away - sometimes referred to as a snipe-end. 

  • A fool; a blockhead. 

  • A shot fired from a concealed place. 

  • An animated promotional logo during a television show. 

verb
  • To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc. 

  • To hunt snipe. 

  • To score a goal. 

  • To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks. 

  • To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding. 

  • 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 shoot at individuals from a concealed place. 

  • To move the ball quickly in a different direction. 

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