stream snipe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To identify the location of and intrude the broadcast of an IRL live streamer.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

stream snipe stream snipes stream sniping stream sniped streamsnipe

Derived words

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