Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stream snipe

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: stream s-nipe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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.

verb

To identify the location of and intrude the broadcast of an IRL live streamer.

Example Sentences

"It is typically frowned upon to stream snipe another person."
"Chat, I'm blocking the screen so you don't stream snipe me."

Inflected Forms

stream snipes (present, singular) stream sniping (participle, present) stream sniped (participle, past) stream sniped (past) streamsnipe (alternative)

Phrases

stream sniper

Questions

What does stream snipe mean?: 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.

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