sniper

English

Etymology

snipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnaɪ.pɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

   (by extension) A sniper rifle

2. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. One who shoots from a concealed position.
4. One who criticizes.
   • c. 1934, The Living Age‎^[1], volume 351, page 30:

     No winnable seat has been found for Mr. H. L. Nathan, a powerful recruit from the Liberal ranks, and poor Mr. Wedgwood Benn, an invaluable sniper for a party in Opposition, has been out of Parliament now since 1931.

5. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.

   Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

6. 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
   • 2004, David D. Busch, The eBay Myth-Bu$ter: Turn 199 Misconceptions Into Money!, Wiley, →ISBN, page 16:

     The real reason most snipers bid late in the auction is that they feel it helps them obtain bargains at the expense of novices who don't understand how proxy bidding works and who place bids for less than the amount they are really willing to pay.

   • 2007, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Business on eBay: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success, Entrepreneur Press, →ISBN, page 64:

     Sniping is the process of placing bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction. Snipers do this to avoid bidding wars that escalate the bids to more than they want to pay. Bidders can protect themselves against snipers by bidding the absolute maximum amount they are willing to pay with eBay's proxy bidding system.

   • 2008, Michael Miller, Absolute Beginner's Guide to EBay, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:

     The successful sniper makes one bid only—and makes it count. Sniping happens on eBay because the end time of each auction is rigidly enforced. If you know that an auction ends at 12:01:30, you can time your snipe to hit at 12:01:29, leaving no time for any other bidders to trump your bid.

   • 2012, Jack White, Mystique of Marketing Art on eBay, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:

     The smart sniper slips in and places the final winning bid when it's too late for the other bidder to respond.

Derived terms

• sniper rifle

Translations

a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position

• Arabic: قَنَّاص (ar) m (qannāṣ)
• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper), դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar)
• Belarusian: сна́йпер m (snájpjer)
• Catalan: franctirador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狙擊手／狙击手 (zh) (jūjīshǒu), 狙击手 (zh) (jūjīshǒu)

• Czech: odstřelovač (cs) m
• Dutch: scherpschutter (nl) m, sluipschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: (male or female) snajpero, (female) snajperino
• Finnish: tarkka-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• Georgian: სნაიპერი (snaiṗeri)
• German: Heckenschütze (de) m, Heckenschützin f, Scharfschütze (de) m, Scharfschützin f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑκηβόλος m (hekēbólos)

• Hebrew: צָלָף (he) (tsaláf)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu)
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• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, cecchino (it) m, franco tiratore m
• Japanese: 狙撃手 (ja) (sogekishu), スナイパー (sunaipã)
• Korean: 저격병 (ko) (jeogyeokbyeong), 스나이퍼 (seunaipeo), 저격수 (jeogyeoksu)
• Macedonian: снајпери́ст m (snajperíst)
• Malay: penembak hendap
• Persian: تک‌تیرانداز (taktirandâz)
• Polish: snajper (pl) m
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, atirador furtivo m, atirador (pt) m, sniper (pt) m or f
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: snajpèrist (sh) m

• Slovak: ostreľovač m
• Spanish: francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: prickskytt c, krypskytt c
• Ukrainian: сна́йпер m (snájper)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position

• Armenian: սնայպեր (hy) (snayper), դիպուկահար (hy) (dipukahar)
• Danish: snigskytte c
• Finnish: sala-ampuja (fi)
• French: franc-tireur (fr) m
• Hungarian: mesterlövész (hu), orvlövész (hu)
• Icelandic: leyniskytta (is) f
• Italian: tiratore scelto m, cecchino (it) m
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• Macedonian: стре́лец m (strélec), снајпери́ст m (snajperíst)
• Portuguese: franco-atirador m, sniper (pt) m or f
• Russian: сна́йпер (ru) m (snájper)
• Scottish Gaelic: snaidhpear m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: snajpèrist (sh) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tireur isolé (fr)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} penembak tersembunyi
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} titheux muchi m (Jersey)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} сна̀јпер m, ^{(please verify)} snàjper (sh) m
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} francotirador (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} krypskytt
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bắn tỉa

See also

• marksman
• sharpshooter
• sniper's hide

Anagrams

• Perins, Piners, Prines, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin

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French

Etymology

From English sniper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snaj.pœʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

sniper m (plural snipers)

1. sniper (person, weapon)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sniper f

1. plural indefinite of snipe

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English sniper.

Noun

1. (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)

Synonyms

• franco-atirador