snipe
verb /snaɪp/
/snaɪp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snipe | /snaɪp/ /snaɪp/ |
| he / she / it snipes | /snaɪps/ /snaɪps/ |
| past simple sniped | /snaɪpt/ /snaɪpt/ |
| past participle sniped | /snaɪpt/ /snaɪpt/ |
| -ing form sniping | /ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/ /ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to shoot at somebody from a hiding place, usually from a distance
- Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.
- [intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to criticize somebody in an unpleasant way
Word OriginMiddle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe.