"stream snipe" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stream snipes [present, singular, third-person], stream sniping [participle, present], stream sniped [participle, past], stream sniped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} stream snipe (third-person singular simple present stream snipes, present participle stream sniping, simple past and past participle stream sniped)
  1. (video games, Internet) To watch another person play a multiplayer game on a live stream, and 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. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Video games Derived forms: stream sniper
    Sense id: en-stream_snipe-en-verb-~0sB7Qk3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stream snipe meaning in English (2.1kB)

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