- The term is used to describe the general act of getting shot by a sniper rifle quickly. Since this is usually done by looking down the scope and with the crosshairs, the act of not using the crosshairs and relying on the auto-aim feature is how this word came about. Also since the auto-aim is only active for a fraction of a second, this yields the "quick" part of the word.
quick-scope
verb; compounding
In the context of first person shooting video games, the act of using a high power sniper rifle to quickly kill an opponent by using nothing but the auto-aim feature in video game. This is completely unrealistic in real life and is therefore a controversial point of this genre of video games.
Etymology : Originally and spontaneously thought up by gamers by combining quick and scope
Source : "I hate it when people quick scope me!" -myself
Last modified: 6 December 2011