English Explanatory Dictionary

nerd-snipe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To present someone with a very interesting problem to solve, distracting them from whatever they were doing previously.

Word forms

nerd-snipe nerd-snipes nerd-sniping nerd-sniped nerd snipe nerdsnipe

Etymology

From nerd + snipe. Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2007 in his webcomic xkcd.

Related words

nerd-sniper
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