a wading bird of marshes and wet meadows, with brown camouflaged plumage, a long straight bill, and typically a drumming display flight.

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

he constantly sniped at his former colleague

(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