sniper

== English == === Etymology === From snipe + -er. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪpə(ɹ) === Noun === sniper (plural snipers) A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position. (by extension) A sniper rifle. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position. One who shoots from a concealed position. One who criticizes; a person who frequently snipes at others. A hunter of snipe (the bird). (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals. A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === marksman sharpshooter sniper's hide === Anagrams === Piners, respin, Perins, persin, ripens, serpin, piners, Spiner, Prines, repins == French == === Alternative forms === snipeur === Etymology === Borrowed from English sniper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snaj.pœʁ/ === Noun === sniper m (plural snipers, feminine sniper or snipeuse) sniper (person, weapon) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === sniper f indefinite plural of snipe == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English sniper. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sniper m or f by sense (plural snipers) (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) Synonyms: atirador especial, atirador de elite, franco-atirador === Noun === sniper f (plural snipers) (firearms) sniper rifle Synonyms: fuzil de precisão, espingarda de precisão === Further reading === “sniper”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026