- 1[intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to shoot at someone from a hiding place, usually from a distance Gunmen continued to snipe at people leaving their homes to find food.
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- 2[intransitive] snipe (at somebody/something) to criticize someone in an unpleasant way
snipe
verbNAmE//snaɪp//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they snipe he / she / it snipes
past simple sniped
-ing form sniping
noun [uncountable] Aid workers remain in the area despite continuous sniping.See snipe in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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