ALL meanings of sniper
snipe
S s - noun plural sniper 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. 1
- noun plural sniper any of several other long-billed birds, as some sandpipers. 1
- noun plural sniper a shot, usually from a hidden position. 1
- verb without object sniper to shoot or hunt snipe. 1
- verb without object sniper to shoot at individuals as opportunity offers from a concealed or distant position: The enemy was sniping from the roofs. 1
- verb without object sniper to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, especially anonymously or from a safe distance. 1
- countable noun sniper A sniper is someone who shoots at people from a hidden position. 0
- noun sniper a rifleman who fires from a concealed place, esp a military marksman who fires from cover usually at long ranges at individual enemy soldiers 0
- noun sniper a person, esp. a soldier, who snipes 0