snipernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnaɪ.pər/us/ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/sniper noun [ C ] (SHOOT)
someone who shoots at people from a place where they cannot be seen:
He was shot and fatally injured by a sniper.
Sniper fire has claimed countless lives these past few weeks.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- fire sth off
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- shot
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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sniper noun [ C ] (BUYER)
someone who waits until nearly the end of an auction (= public competition to buy goods) on a website before saying how much money they will offer, in order to be more successful than other people trying to buy the same thing
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People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- market
- mystery shopper
- patron
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- shill
- shopper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
- tradespeople
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