sniping

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnaɪpɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -aɪpɪŋ

sniping

1. present participle and gerund of snipe

sniping (plural snipings)

1. A shooting from a concealed place.
   • 2009, G. Bingham Powell, Contemporary Democracies: Participation, Stability, and Violence:

     Although the army later returned control to civilian authorities, deaths from election clashes and terrorist bombings and snipings continued to occur, and became more frequent in the late 1970s.

• pinings