jacksnipe

1. 1.

   a small short-billed Old World snipe

   Synonymshalf snipeLimnocryptes minima

   Broadersnipe

   Part ofLimnocryptes
2. 2.

   American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

   Synonymspectoral sandpiperCalidris melanotos

   Broadersandpiper

   Part ofCalidris

Other forms of jacksnipe

plural

jacksnipes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jacksnipe

What does jacksnipe mean?

jacksnipe means "a small short-billed Old World snipe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jacksnipe?

jacksnipe has 2 syllables: jack-snipe. The stress falls on "jack".

What is another word for jacksnipe?

Close synonyms include half snipe, Limnocryptes minima, pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jacksnipe a common word?

jacksnipe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.