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Definitions for Sniper
[1] any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella ) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) , of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
[2] any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers.
[3] a shot, usually from a hidden position.
[4] to shoot or hunt snipe.
[5] to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs.
[6] to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance.
[7] a rifleman who fires from a concealed place, esp a military marksman who fires from cover usually at long ranges at individual enemy soldiers
[8] any of various birds of the genus Gallinago (or Capella ) and related genera, such as G. gallinago (common or Wilson's snipe ), of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
[9] any of various similar related birds, such as certain sandpipers and curlews
[10] a shot, esp a gunshot, fired from a place of concealment
[11] (when intr, often foll by at ) to attack (a person or persons) with a rifle from a place of concealment
[12] (intr often foll by at ) to criticize adversely a person or persons from a position of security
[13] (intr) to hunt or shoot snipe
Words related to Sniper
snipeassassin, sharpshooter, killer, marksman, markswoman
Words nearby Sniper
snipesnigger, snigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipe fly, snipefish, sniper, sniperscope, snipper
Origin of Sniper
1275–1325; Middle English snype (noun) < Old Norse -snīpa (in mȳrisnīpa moor snipe); cognate with Norwegian snipa, Icelandic snīpa; compare Danish sneppe, German Schnepfe
Other words from Sniper
snipe·like , adjective
snip·er , noun
coun·ter·snip·er , noun
Word origin for Sniper
C14: from Old Norse snīpa; related to Old High German snepfa Middle Dutch snippe