Dowitcher (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SNIPE

{ Related Clues }

Malign, with "at"
Attack anonymously
Bog bird
Criticize snidely, with "at"
Curlew's cousin
Game bird
Marsh bird
Petty criticism
Sandpiper's cousin
Shoot from ambush
Shoot from cover
Take a potshot
Take potshots
Take potshots (at)
Take potshots at
Take a shot (at)
Wading bird
Woodcock's relative
Not attack head-on
Take pot shots
Long-billed marsh bird
Long-billed wading bird
Shoot using a scope, say
Straight-billed game bird

{ Tags }

ambush, attack, becassine, billed, bird, bog, cousin, cover, criticize, dowitcher, game, long, marsh, potshots, relative, shoot, snipe, straight, take, wading, woodcocks

{ Notes }

The answer SNIPE is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SNIPE as a noun:

1. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

2. a gunshot from a concealed location

SNIPE as a verb:

1. hunt or shoot snipe

2. (sharpshoot, snipe) = aim and shoot with great precision

3. (attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault) = attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"