plural snipes
1
or plural snipe
: any of various usually slender-billed birds of the sandpiper family
especially
: any of several game birds (especially genus Gallinago) especially of marshy areas
2
: a contemptible person
sniped; sniping
1
: to shoot at exposed individuals (as of an enemy's forces) from a usually concealed point of vantage
2
: to aim a carping or snide attack
sniper
noun
Examples of snipe in a Sentence
Verb
Enemy fighters sniped at them from vacant buildings.
One of the senators sniped, “What does he think this is, a monarchy?”.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026
Eichel got Vegas on the board with a snipe of a wrist shot that beat Wedgewood high.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2026
All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
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Noun
Both teams struggled to find the cage for the initial seven minutes, before Luke Betty ended the scoring drought with a snipe to provide Weston an early 1-0 advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 6 June 2026
Eichel got Vegas on the board with a snipe of a wrist shot that beat Wedgewood high.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Verb
Norwell punched back just nine seconds later, as Panttila sniped his second goal to cut it to a 6-5 game at intermission.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 June 2026
All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snipe. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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snipe
1 of 2 noun
plural snipes or snipe
: any of several birds that have a long slender bill, live mostly in marshy areas, and are related to the sandpipers
snipe
2 of 2 verb
sniped; sniping
1
: to shoot at exposed individuals of an enemy's forces from a usually concealed point
2
: to attack with unfair or cutting remarks
sniper
noun
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