stream snipe
To watch another person play a multiplayer game on a live stream, especially to use…To watch another person play a multiplayer game on a live stream, especially to use the knowledge gained from watching the broadcast to gain an unfair in-game advantage over the streamer or to disrupt the streamer's gameplay, or just to time when they queue up in order to join the same game.
Meaning
2 senses(Internet)To watch another person play a multiplayer game on a live stream, especially to use the knowledge gained from watching the broadcast to gain an unfair in-game advantage over the streamer or to disrupt the streamer's gameplay, or just to time when they queue up in order to join the same game.
It is typically frowned upon to stream snipe another person.
Chat, I'm blocking the screen so you don't stream snipe me.
(Internet, broadly)To identify the location of and intrude the broadcast of an IRL live streamer.
Forms
stream snipes, stream sniping, stream sniped, stream sniped| Base form | stream snipe · to stream snipe |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stream snipes |
| Present participle | stream sniping |
| Past simple | stream sniped |
| Past participle | stream sniped |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle