Meaning of snipe In English

• 0 to shoot at someone from a position where you cannot be seen:

  • The rebels have started sniping at civilians.

  • The former minister has been making himself unpopular recently, sniping at his ex-colleagues.

• 1 a bird with a long, straight beak that lives near rivers and marshes (= low land that is wet and sometimes covered with water)

• 2 to criticize, esp. in a mean way because you are annoyed or angry:

  • Frustrated by the war, Republicans and southern Democrats contented themselves with sniping at the president.