snipe

verb

Definition of snipenext
as in to potshot

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Recent Examples of snipe At age 36, Stamkos can still snipe. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026 Once signed up, users can place bids, track items and receive alerts as auctions near their closing and as your bids get sniped. — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2026 But awards voters who snipe at talent anonymously in trade publications enjoy the stuffy, demure rhetoric the Marty machine largely ignored. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026 But as Tuffy staved off 16 shots from BC in the third, MacDonald stepped up midway through to snipe the game-winner. — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snipe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipe
  1. pepper
  2. plink
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  • The typical guests were generally older couples, average age somewhere around 55-65, peppered here and there with larger groups of friends or families.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Usually, that meant simply shaking salt and pepper over the tomato slices.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
Definition of pepper
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  • Fill up a glass with water, plink in a tablet, and your beverage will transform into a fizzy, frothy hydration drink.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Iraq had plenty of small arms and ammunition, which could kill Americans but would often plink harmlessly off their armored vehicles.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of plink

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“Snipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipe. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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