SNIPE


Meaning of SNIPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ snaɪp ]

( snipes, sniping, sniped)

1.

If someone snipes at you, they criticize you.

The Spanish media were still sniping at the British press yesterday.

VERB : V at n

• snip‧ing

This leaves him vulnerable to sniping from within his own party.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

To snipe at someone means to shoot at them from a hidden position.

Gunmen have repeatedly sniped at US Army positions...

A member of the security forces was killed in a sniping incident.

VERB : V at n , V-ing

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