snipeverb [ I ]
uk/snaɪp/us/snaɪp/to shoot at someone from a position where you cannot be seen:
The rebels have started sniping at civilians.
to criticize someone unpleasantly:
The former minister has been making himself unpopular recently, sniping at his ex-colleagues.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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Disapproving & criticizing
sniping
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsnaɪ.pɪŋ/us/ˈsnaɪ.pɪŋ/
snipenoun [ C ]
uk/snaɪp/us/snaɪp/plural snipe or snipesa bird with a long, straight beak that lives near rivers and marshes (= low land that is wet and sometimes covered with water)
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Birds which live by or on inland water
- bittern
- coot
- corncrake
- crane
- cygnet
- flamingo
- grebe
- heron
- kingfisher
- moorhen
- mute swan
- pelican
- stork
- swan
- wader
- water bird
- waterfowl