sniper

3 definitions • 2 examples

someone who shoots at people from a place where they cannot be seen:

He was shot and fatally injured by a sniper.

Sniper fire has claimed countless lives these past few weeks.

someone who waits until nearly the end of an auction (= public competition to buy goods) on a website before saying how much money they will offer, in order to be more successful than other people trying to buy the same thing

someone who, while hidden, tries to shoot a person with a gun