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sniper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From snipe + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
    • The sniper shot him in the head.
  2. (broadly) A sniper rifle.
  3. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
  4. One who shoots from a concealed position.
    • 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. 1874, Richard John Batt, The Maryland Continentals, 1780-1781:
  5. One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others.
    • No winnable seat has been found for Mr. H. L. Nathan, a powerful recruit from the Liberal ranks, and poor Mr. Wedgwood Benn, an invaluable sniper for a party in Opposition, has been out of Parliament now since 1931. c. 1934, The Living Age, volume 351, page 30:
    • They always sniped at each other in public. German snipers were a wishy-washy lot compared with Lester and his wife. 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 35:
  6. A hunter of snipe (the bird).
  7. (slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
    • Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.
  8. 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
    • The smart sniper slips in and places the final winning bid when it's too late for the other bidder to respond. 2012, Jack White, Mystique of Marketing Art on eBay, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:
    • The real reason most snipers bid late in the auction is that they feel it helps them obtain bargains at the expense of novices who don't understand how proxy bidding works and who place bids for less than the amount they are really willing to pay. 2004, David D. Busch, The eBay Myth-Bu$ter: Turn 199 Misconceptions Into Money!, Wiley, →ISBN, page 16:
    • The successful sniper makes one bid only—and makes it count. Sniping happens on eBay because the end time of each auction is rigidly enforced. If you know that an auction ends at 12:01:30, you can time your snipe to hit at 12:01:29, leaving no time for any other bidders to trump your bid. 2008, Michael Miller, Absolute Beginner's Guide to EBay, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:
    • Sniping is the process of placing bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction. Snipers do this to avoid bidding wars that escalate the bids to more than they want to pay. Bidders can protect themselves against snipers by bidding the absolute maximum amount they are willing to pay with eBay's proxy bidding system. 2007, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Business on eBay: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success, Entrepreneur Press, →ISBN, page 64:

Forms

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Deriveds

sniper's hide · sniperscope · diaper sniper · antisniper · countersniper · sniper rifle · sniperlike · stream sniper · sniperism

Relateds

sniper's hide · marksman · sharpshooter

Translations (90)

id penembak runduk (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · fi tarkka-ampuja (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · pt atirador furtivo (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · pt sniper (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · mk стре́лец (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · fr franc-tireur (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sh snajpèrist (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hu mesterlövész (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · tr keskin nişancı (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · vi xạ thủ bắn tỉa (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ba мәргән (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · nl scherpschutter (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · cmn 狙擊手 /狙击手 (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sk ostreľovač (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · da snigskytte (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · hi स्नाइपर (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · it cecchino (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · gl francotirador (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · uk сна́йпер (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · rsk снайпер (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ce иччархо (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hi निशानची (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · es francotirador (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · eo snajperino (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · mk снајпери́ст (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ro lunetist (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sv prickskytt (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · pl snajper (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · is leyniskytta (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · hi निशानची (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · cy saethwr cudd (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hy սնայպեր (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · da skarpskytte c finskytte (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · fa تکتیرانداز (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ga naoscaire (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ko 스나이퍼 (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · mi kaipupuhi huna (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sk snajper (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · he צָלָף (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ka სნაიპერი (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · eo snajpero (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · it tiratore scelto (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · fi sala-ampuja (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · hi कमीनदार (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · pt franco-atirador (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · ms penembak hendap (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ko 저격병 (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hi कमीनदार (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · pt franco-atirador (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · pl strzelec wyborowy (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ja 狙撃手 (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ru сна́йпер (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · mk снајпери́ст (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · be сна́йпер (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hu orvlövész (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · pt sniper (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hy սնայպեր (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · tt мәргән (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · cs odstřelovač (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ko 저격수 (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ja スナイパー (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hy դիպուկահար (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · grc ἑκηβόλος (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · mhr вик лӱйышӧ (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · fr franc-tireur (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · id senapan runduk (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ar قَنَّاص (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · ru сна́йпер (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · ca franctirador (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hi स्नाइपर (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · de Heckenschütze (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · is leyniskytta (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · hy դիպուկահար (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · hu mesterlövész (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · mt ċekkin (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · it franco tiratore (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · gd snaidhpear (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · de Scharfschütze (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · eo gvatpafisto (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · acw قَنَّاص (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · bg снайперист (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sh snajpèrist (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · mi kaipuhi tīpako (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · gd snaidhpear (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · pt atirador (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · nl sluipschutter (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · it cecchino (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) · el ελεύθερος σκοπευτής (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · sv krypskytt (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) · it tiratore scelto (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)