cop vs snipe

cop

verb
  • To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. 

  • To steal. 

  • To adopt. 

  • To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. 

  • To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing. 

  • To earn by bad behavior. 

  • Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable. 

  • To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time. 

noun
  • The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine. 

  • A police officer or prison guard. 

  • A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee. 

  • A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. 

  • A merlon. 

snipe

verb
  • To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks. 

  • 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 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. 

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

  • A shot fired from a concealed place. 

  • An animated promotional logo during a television show. 

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