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stream snipes

stream snipes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stream snipe.

Meaning of stream snipe

Verb

stream snipe (third-person singular simple present stream snipes, present participle stream sniping, simple past and past participle stream sniped)

  1. (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.
  2. (Internet, broadly) To identify the location of and intrude the broadcast of an IRL live streamer.

Questions about stream snipes

What is stream snipes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stream snipes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stream snipe.

Words near stream snipes in the dictionary

  1. stream processing
  2. stream snipe
  3. stream sniped
  4. stream sniper
  5. stream snipers
  6. stream snipes
  7. stream sniping
  8. stream straightener
  9. stream straighteners
  10. stream the buoy
  11. stream tin

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