SNIPE


Meaning of SNIPE in English

(~s, sniping, ~d)

1.

If someone ~s at you, they criticize you.

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

VERB: V at n

sniping

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

N-UNCOUNT

2.

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

Gunmen have repeatedly ~d 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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