plural snipes
1
or plural snipe
: any of various usually slender-billed birds of the sandpiper family
especially
: any of several game birds (especially genus Gallinago) especially of marshy areas
2
: a contemptible person
sniped; sniping
1
: to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage
2
: to aim a carping or snide attack
sniper
noun
Examples of snipe in a Sentence
Verb
Enemy fighters sniped at them from vacant buildings.
One of the senators sniped, “What does he think this is, a monarchy?”.
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Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
Scarlett Johansson is using her very real voice to virtual snipe at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
That’s really all there is to it, but Justin Piasecki’s knotted script absolutely delights in the process of Ash’s work, and in the gamesmanship that makes Worthington’s crew so eager to sniff him out and snipe his leverage.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Nothing about the original snipe was surprising or subtle.
—Philip Elliott / Detroit, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
Scarlett Johansson is using her very real voice to virtual snipe at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Verb
However, immediately after sniping and killing Marshall P. Pope from a distance, Jan returns to police custody.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
That’s really all there is to it, but Justin Piasecki’s knotted script absolutely delights in the process of Ash’s work, and in the gamesmanship that makes Worthington’s crew so eager to sniff him out and snipe his leverage.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snipe. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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snipe
1 of 2 noun
plural snipes or snipe
: any of several birds that have a long slender bill, live mostly in marshy areas, and are related to the sandpipers
snipe
2 of 2 verb
sniped; sniping
1
: to shoot at exposed individuals of an enemy's forces from a usually concealed point
2
: to attack with unfair or cutting remarks
sniper
noun
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