sniping
noun
[ ˈsnʌɪpɪŋ ]
• the action of shooting at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
• "sniping assumed great importance during WWI, especially where trench warfare was prevalent"
• the action of verbally attacking someone in a sly or petty way.
• "there has been some sniping about inept leadership"
• (in an online auction) the action or practice of placing a bid judged to be high enough to win an item just before the bidding is scheduled to close.
• "sniping drives up prices"
snipe
verb
• shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
• "the soldiers in the trench sniped at us"
• make a sly or petty verbal attack.
• (in an online auction) place a bid judged to be high enough to win an item just before the bidding is scheduled to close.
• "I regularly snipe 10 to 5 seconds before the end of eBay auctions"
Origin:
Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Icelandic mýrisnípa ; obscurely related to Dutch snip and German Schnepfe .
