sniper rifle
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- noun
- /ˈsnaɪpər ˈraɪfəl/
- Specialized
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fusil de francotirador
- After adjusting the sights, she successfully hit the target at 800 meters with her sniper rifle.
- .50-caliber sniper rifle
- caliber sniper rifle
- scope on a sniper rifle
You're in a virtual kayak, seated, you have a pistol on you, a sniper rifle, ammo, SMG on your back, binoculars.
- You're in a virtual kayak, seated, you have a pistol on you, a sniper rifle, ammo, SMG on your back, binoculars.
- First of all, honestly, and not that I like shooting the sniper rifle wasn't hard.
Examples
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He aimed carefully through the scope of his sniper rifle before taking the shot.
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The soldier trained for months to master the use of his new sniper rifle in the field.
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It's the best sniper rifle made.
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Does anyone know why I cannot progress past one kill with a sniper rifle for the weapon challenge?
Blog text (31) -
Got a hard case here for a Barrett sniper rifle.
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I still use the standard bolt-action sniper rifle, 100 hours in now.
Blog text (10) -
Joe slings the sniper rifle over his shoulder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Here, police fire on protestors with AK-47s and sniper rifles.
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You should equip a sniper rifle with a good amount of power and a silencer.
Blog text (31) -
It may not have passed the test as an official German Army sniper rifle, but this gun can hit a five-centimeter target from 300 meters.
Synonyms
A very accurate, powerful gun for shooting distant targets
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a rifle used by a sniper' is directly and compositionally derived from the known nouns 'sniper' (trained marksman) + 'rifle' (firearm), matching a common noun-noun compounding pattern in English. This straightforward, literal combination is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Sniper rifle comes from sniper, a name for a hunter who aimed at small, fast birds called 'snipe' and had to wait very quietly, and rifle, a long gun. So today sniper rifle means 'a very accurate, long-range rifle' used to hit distant targets.