snipe

noun
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.

verb
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.