sniper
IPA: snˈaɪpɝ
noun
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- One who shoots from a concealed position.
- One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
- A hunter of snipe (the bird).
- (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
- 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
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Examples of "sniper" in Sentences
- The DC Sniper will not be on it.
- A sniper is a sharpshooter in a half.
- The focus was disoriented by the sniper.
- And snipers are trained to be invisible.
- The sniper was to assassinate the president.
- But the problem is the same with the sniper rifle.
- The snipers fire and break the glass in the elevator.
- The .308 was long used as the main sniper round in the U.S. military.
- The sniper enemy is considered to be an aggravating nuisance to most players.
- Counter sniper tactics involves tactics used by a sniper against another sniper.
- These long range snipers seem to possess a trait that has fascinated fans for decades.
- It quickly emerged that lots of people knew Michael had been shot by a sniper from the Scots Guards, but no one had told the family.
- COOPER: We are still, of course, comfortable using the term sniper for the shooting last night because we know the shots came from the wooded area.
- Soldiers refused to allow people to pass by the site of the attacks, reporting a persistent stream of single gunshots in the area, which they described as sniper fire.
- It was a lone female cop that stopped the Ft Hood shooter; it was a deputy and a citizen that put an end to the UT Austin sniper; it was individuals that stopped AA 93 over PA and stopped the “underwear bomber”.
- And I think one of the reasons that the police are steadfastly avoiding the use of the term sniper is they don't want anyone to lock their mind into what they think a sniper is, and therefore, possibly not turn someone in to the police because he doesn't look like a sniper.
- So whilst I may make mistakes, and I am sure I will again at some point in the future, but I'd rather read another blogger like me who shows they are human, stands up to be counted and doesn't hide behind some electronic veil rather than be a sniper from the sidelines who offers nothing other than barbs and bile.
- To the average western man, who has an aversion to what he considers unsportsmanlike conduct, merely the mention of the word sniper evokes an image of an evil little foreign man sneaking through the jungles of Okinawa picking off the good guys, or of a merciless Viet Cong hiding in a tree waiting for the opportunity to kill a 19-year-old GI from Des Moines or Wichita as he walks patrol at Nha Trang.
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