Answer to "Shoot from above" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNIPE which also is the latest solution we found used in The Onion in 2010.

Shoot from above crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SNIPE	75 %	5
STRAFE	25 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shoot from above

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• snipe
• bogey
• lift
• overshoot
• projected
• projecting
• protrude
• protruding
• rover
• run
• bolt
• candle

Crossword Answer definitions

SNIPE noun

1. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2. A fool; a blockhead.
3. A shot fired from a concealed place.
4. (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
5. (ice hockey slang) A goal.

SNIPE verb

1. To hunt snipe.
2. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
3. (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
4. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
5. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
6. (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
7. To move the ball quickly in a different direction.

SNIPE noun

1. A cigarette butt.
2. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
3. 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.
4. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.

SNIPE noun

1. A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
2. A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.

SNIPE verb

1. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
2. To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, etc.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SNIPE

• Bushwhack
• Make malicious remarks
• Marsh bird
• __ at (malign)
• Assail
• Game bird
• Shoot from above
• Take potshots
• Gossip maliciously
• Sandpiper kin

More clues leading to the result STRAFE

• Low-flying attack
• Punishment (German)
• Rake with fire
• Shoot from above
• Shoot from high above
• Attack by plane
• Fire from an aircraft
• Punish, in Dresden
• Shoot at from a plane
• Attack from above