Used in a Sentence

snipes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for snipes.

Editorial note

I always find it amusing when someone snipes at someone else's writing and still comes off second best.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of snipes gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”) [shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for snipes.

noun

A surname.

noun

Obsolete form of snips (“shears, scissors”) [shears; hand tools used to cut sheet metal and other tough webs]

Example sentences

1

I always find it amusing when someone snipes at someone else's writing and still comes off second best.

2

In contrast, Wesley Snipes gives the world lots of things to write about.

3

And once again our community snipes, takes cheap shots and shows a complete lack of appreciation for the effort in a project such as this.

4

Movies like to exploit this fear (e.g., Demolition Man when Wesley Snipes takes out the eye of a doctor to escape the prison), and it's understandable.

5

Little snipes at Windows -- which has gotten more stable with time -- only draw attention to the fact that Apple's house is not in order.

6

And once again our community snipes, takes cheap shot and shows complete lack of understanding for comments expressing confusion over a cryptic, unclear and fluff-filled page.

7

This is what happens when Randall Munroe nerd-snipes Norvig.

8

Does the name Wesley Snipes ring a bell?

9

Perl people are not immune to this, though; I have seen a lot of snipes at Haskell and Common Lisp in various Perl forums.

10

But Wesley Snipes is simply more interesting.

11

Whilst yes, GitHub Sudo Mode will certainly help if you leave your machine unattended or someone snipes just your session, but it won't help if someone gets your password.

12

It is actively damaging to the community for you to take snipes at studies when the reason you are criticizing the study is not only unnecessary criticism that any layman could provide, it is actually a misinterpretation of the study.

Proper noun examples

1

Or it might take to you to the same place it took Wesley Snipes.

2

In those instances, the IRS and DOJ pursue criminal charges (i.e., Wesley Snipes).

3

Before that, various games over LAN (Snipes!).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use snipes in a sentence?

I always find it amusing when someone snipes at someone else's writing and still comes off second best.

What does snipes mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is snipes?

snipes is commonly used as noun.