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Snickerdoodle
Snickerdoodle: American drop cookie, a sugar cookie variant defined by cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) and a cinnamon-sugar coating; tangy, soft, crackled top; first printed 1891.
Snickers
Snickers (formerly Marathon in the UK) is a Mars, Incorporated chocolate bar of nougat, caramel, and peanuts, launched in Chicago in 1930, named after the Mars family horse, with about $3.5 billion in 2012 sales.
Snider–Enfield
The Snider–Enfield was a British single-shot breech-loading rifle, adopted in 1866 by converting the Pattern 1853 Enfield with Jacob Snider's hinged-block action; it served until replaced by the Martini–Henry in 1871.
Snillfjord
Snillfjord, a former municipality in Trøndelag, Norway (1924–2019), around Snillfjorden and Åstfjorden with center Krokstadøra; uniquely split into three in 2020 among Hitra, Heim, and Orkland.
Snipe
Snipes are stocky, long-billed waders found in marshes and bogs, famous for their camouflage and zigzag flight. Common and Wilson's Snipe are two of the most recognized species.
Snipe hunt
Snipe hunt: a North American fool's-errand prank dating to the 1840s in which a newcomer is given a bag and flashlight, told to catch an imaginary nocturnal creature called a snipe, and left alone in the dark; the real snipe is an elusive shorebird.
Snipe Hunter
Snipe Hunter is the seventh studio album by American country singer-songwriter Tyler Childers, released July 25, 2025. Produced by Rick Rubin, it blends Appalachian songwriting with rock, rockabilly, and psychedelia.
Sniper
Sniper: selected, specially trained marksman engaging targets from concealed positions beyond rifleman range, also gathering intelligence. Key facts: 1/2-MOA M24 standard, SOTIC 90% hits at 600 m, two-man shooter-observer teams, Soviet WWII mass sniping.
Sniper (1993 film)
Sniper is a 1993 American action film directed by Luis Llosa, starring Tom Berenger and Billy Zane as a Marine sniper and his spotter in Panama.
Sniper (film series)
Sniper is an American action film franchise begun in 1993 with Tom Berenger as Marine sniper Thomas Beckett; twelve films by 2026, mostly direct-to-video, later centered on his son Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins).
Sniper (神鎗手) (2009 film)
Sniper (神鎗手), also known as The Sniper, is a 2009 Hong Kong action film directed by Dante Lam, starring Richie Ren, Huang Xiaoming, and Edison Chen.
Sniper Elite
Sniper Elite is Rebellion Developments' third-person WW2 stealth-sniping series, begun in 2005 on Xbox, starring Karl Fairburne, known for the X-Ray kill cam, with Sniper Elite: Resistance (2025) as latest entry.
Sniper Elite 4
Sniper Elite 4 is a 2017 third-person stealth shooter by Rebellion for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, set in WW2 Italy with sniper Karl Fairburne; known for X-ray kill cams, wind and gravity ballistics, and 12-player multiplayer.
Sniper Elite III
Sniper Elite III (Sniper Elite 3: Afrika) is Rebellion's 2014 tactical third-person stealth shooter set in WWII North Africa, starring OSS sniper Karl Fairburne, with X-ray kill cams, gravity and wind ballistics, co-op, and a Metacritic score of 67.
Sniper Elite V2
Sniper Elite V2 is a 2012 tactical stealth shooter by Rebellion Developments starring sniper Karl Fairburne in 1945 Berlin, introducing the X-ray kill cam; remastered in 2019 with Metascores of 67 and 73.
Sniper Elite: Resistance
Sniper Elite: Resistance is Rebellion's 2025 third-person WW2 stealth shooter spin-off for PS4/PS5, Xbox, PC, and Game Pass, starring Harry Hawker in occupied France 1944, with X-ray kill cams, co-op, Invasion mode, and new Propaganda missions.
Sniper rifle
A sniper rifle, also called a precision rifle, is a rifle selected or built for high accuracy at long range and fitted with a telescopic sight.
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016), not to be confused with the Sniper: Ghost Warrior video games, is the sixth Sniper film, a direct-to-video action movie directed by Don Michael Paul starring Chad Michael Collins, Billy Zane, and Dennis Haysbert about snipers guarding a Georgian gas pipeline.
Snipers
Snipers (狙击手) is a 2022 Chinese Korean War film co-directed by Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo, released 1 February 2022, about the Cold Gun Cold Cannon movement and a sniper squad's duel with US snipers; Douban 7.7, 262 million yuan Spring Festival box office.
Snipping Tool
Snipping Tool is Microsoft's built-in Windows utility for capturing screenshots and recording screen areas. First included with Windows Vista, it was rebuilt for Windows 11 by merging the classic Snipping Tool with Snip & Sketch.
SNIPR Biome
SNIPR Biome ApS is a Copenhagen-based clinical-stage biotechnology company using CRISPR-armed phages to selectively kill harmful bacteria in the microbiome; its lead candidate SNIPR001 completed first-in-human Phase 1 trials.
Snitch (film)
Snitch (2013), directed by Ric Roman Waugh, is a crime drama starring Dwayne Johnson as a father who goes undercover for the DEA to reduce his son's mandatory 10-year drug sentence; released by Summit, grossing $57.9M worldwide.
SNK (エス・エヌ・ケイ)
SNK (エス・エヌ・ケイ), Japanese game company founded 1978 as Shin Nihon Kikaku, renamed SNK 1986; creator of the Neo Geo MVS/AES (1990) and Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters, Metal Slug; Saudi Misk-owned since 2022; AES+ replica due 2027.
SNL Digital Short
SNL Digital Short: pre-filmed comedy videos on Saturday Night Live, created 2005 by The Lonely Island (Samberg, Taccone, Schaffer); 'Lazy Sunday' and Emmy-winning 'Dick in a Box' made them YouTube-era viral landmarks.
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert, a February 14, 2025 Radio City Music Hall special hosted by Jimmy Fallon on Peacock, celebrated 50 years of Saturday Night Live music with Cher, Lady Gaga, Nirvana, and more.
SNO+
SNO+ is a liquid-scintillator neutrino detector about 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Creighton mine near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, whose primary goal is a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of tellurium-130.
Snob
Snob: an English word first recorded in the 1770s meaning cobbler, later popularized by Thackeray for a person admiring wealth or rank; also the snob effect, a negative network externality in economics.
SNOBOL
SNOBOL, ostensibly StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language, is a family of programming languages developed at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1962 by Farber, Griswold, and Polonsky for string manipulation, with SNOBOL4 still in use today.
Snocaps
Snocaps: American indie rock band formed 2025 by twin sisters Allison and Katie Crutchfield (Swearin', Waxahatchee), formerly of P.S. Eliot. Self-titled debut on ANTI- (Oct 31, 2025) with Brad Cook and MJ Lenderman; 80/100 critical consensus.
SnoCore Tour
SnoCore Tour, also written Sno-Core, was an annual US festival tour of alternative rock and punk bands marketed to winter sports fans, featuring Sublime, Primus, Blink-182, and System of a Down.