Someone in school or university who takes every opportunity to work excessively hard to put on the display of greatness. Can be in the context of academics, sports, video games, or just about anything else.
-John is such a sniper! He wrote a four page essay on the origins of algebra just to suck up to the calculus teacher! -Oh my god I just got sniped by Jeff in basketball. He beat me 13-zip.
By stheballer
on Ebay, a last minute bidder. They are annoying as you either have to pay 2 pounds more or lose the item
dammit, that 1p CD now costs £3 coz of a sniper
By wonderfool
A hockey player who is a very talented goal scorer usually capable of scoring from anywhere on the ice
Alexander Ovechkin is arguably the NHL's deadliest sniper right now; he can score from anywhere!
By joventino
a remarkably skilled marksman in real life, or in a video game 1)in the video game scenario, he/she is usually considered "cheap", a "noob", or a coward (s)he usually pisses off those of the other team by sniping them from halfway across the map from a very covert location. although (s)he is a threat from far away, one can strafe back and forth to avoid being shot while closing in on his/her location, and if the player gets to close enough to the sniper, the sniper is rendered virtually useless because "unscoped" shots are particularly hard to pull off 2)a sniper may also piss off his teammates, too, by shooting the person the player is sneaking up on, therefore making the sniper a "kill stealer"
*player suddenly drops dead, no visible killer in sight* Player: god**** snipers!
By BlazeFenix
for professional school students (med school, law school, etc.) like a gunner, but instead of letting everyone know he/she is a gunner, this person silently works hard, but appears very chill; in the end he/she kicks everyone's ass when the exam grades come out.
med student: dude man, he is a gunner. med student2: no man, he's a sniper; never see him study and super chill, but just keep getting As
By mcgmd