scope
- noun
- /skoʊp/
- What's it like to look through the scope, to play God?
- spotting scope
And then the shooters also have forward-looking infrared scopes.
- And then the shooters also have forward-looking infrared scopes.
- So previously long shots we're like you dial on a sniper scope and then you're holding in the reticle.
- OK, But the snipe, the scope on that sniper can see the boogers in that guy's nose.
- You could, you could tell what kind of knot he had on his tie with the scope at that distance.
- A funner toy is hard to find than an A borescope, an endoscope, a video scope.
- We, you know, so you, so let's say you was looking over a situation and you saw a sniper aiming down a scope at one of you guys.
- So I pull Adam, he gets on the gun or Andrew gets on the gun and Adam's on observation behind the spotting scope.
- It's too easy with these long range scope scope pistols and weaponry.
- You know, something some kind of strange scope he was looking through at each and everyone.
- And they had a really large camera, like a big, like a big scope camera.
Examples
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Without his night-vision scope, he could see no more than ten feet.
Fiction book (2001) -
I could do it with a rifle and scope, but I don't have that with me.
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What about a scope, 30 times?
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We call it a sun scope.
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You could, you could tell what kind of knot he had on his tie with the scope at that distance.
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You have scopes on some rifles, but there are no iron sights.
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McManus's P.O.V. McManus stares through the scope of his rifle at the scene.
Fiction book (1996) -
The astronomer adjusted the scope to get a clearer view of the distant planet.
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He used the rifle scope to spot the deer hiding in the brush.
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To observe the stars, I set up a high-quality scope in my backyard.
Synonyms
A tool with lenses or mirrors that makes far things look closer
A device on a gun that helps you aim
A small telescope used to look at distant things, often at sea
A small tube with a lens that people use to see faraway things at sea
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to make distant objects look closer
A machine with lenses or mirrors that gathers and focuses visible light to see distant stars and planets
A small telescope fixed to a gun to help aim at distant targets
A telescope that uses a large curved mirror to gather and focus light for looking
An instrument for looking at distant stars, planets, and galaxies
A telescope that uses a large lens to bend light to make images you view through an eyepiece
A small tube with lenses mounted on a gun to help aim at distant targets
A tube on a rifle that makes distant targets look closer to help you aim
An early telescope invented by Galileo that uses two lenses to make upright images
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Etymology
Scope comes from the Greek root skopein meaning 'to look' and is the same root in words like telescope and microscope. So an optical scope is a device that helps you 'look' at distant or small things more clearly.