n. Agent noun of to snip; a person or thing that snips.
n. A tool used for snipping.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who snips.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who snips; sometimes, in contempt, a tailor.
n. plural A pair of shears or scissors shaped for short or small cuts or bites.
Word Usage
"Personally, I think this whole campaign has been kept going so that Obama can become practice firing back at all the snipper fire he will get from the RNC."