Sniper

Quick meaning: Sniper is a noun meaning A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

Meaning

A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A sniper rifle.
2. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. One who shoots from a concealed position.
4. One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
5. A hunter of snipe (the bird).
6. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
7. A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond

Example Sentences

The sniper shot him in the head.

Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

They always sniped at each other in public. German snipers were a wishy-washy lot compared with Lester and his wife.

The British, having cleared the open field, now faced the problem of advancing through the trees into the sniper fire of several hundred Virginia militia.

Word Forms

• snipers

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sharpshooter, marksman, shooter, rifleman, rifle, gun.

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