The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniped; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniping.]
To shoot or hunt snipe.
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To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
snipe at, to aim petty or snide criticisms at (a person) in his absence.
Usage examples of "snipe at".
There were people who might want to snipe at Biggy while he crushed beer cans on his forehead and watched Tuesday Night Fights.
Early one morning another man and I had gone out to snipe at the Fascists in the trenches outside Huesca.
Parker ran away from the rebel soldiers as they began to snipe at the approaching Union ranks.
We have cleaned this up now, and it is an altogether curious sensation to recline here in an easy-chair, reading some fine old book, and just taking the precaution not to stay in front of the glassless windows through which the sharpshooters can snipe at you from their posts in the thickets on the slopes of the plateau, not six hundred metres away.
Rifles were not for close work, and the Sergeant was hiding his men in the shadows where they could snipe at the enemy.
He'd meant to snipe at any man who came out of the Theban, and imprison the crew.
But Agricolus had to get his opinions on record, Juvian saw an opportunity to snipe at Pelus and Honorious was constitutionally opposed to anything that looked like action.
Had he sunk that low, that quickly, that even the seediest cockroach-ridden bum in the gutter could snipe at him, talk up to him, see his sad and sorry state?
Except for finding new ways to snipe at everyone and boast about her high-born family connections.
They would snipe at General Hesmucet's men whenever they got a chance.
You snipe at the damnyankees and bring us back word of what they’.
All wood floors, probably creak, lots of places for the bad guys to hide and snipe at us.