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no scope 

Generally speaking, the act of killing someone in a first person shooter game with a one shot gun (sniper rifle, bolt action rifle, etc) without using a telescopic sight or sniper scope. Most commonly, the term is used to mean that you fired such a gun from the hip and killed someone with it, however it can also (debatably) mean that you pulled up iron sights on a sniper rifle / bolt action rifle and then killed someone that way. The term does not apply to shotguns, semi-automatic rifles (unless they can be scoped), or any automatic weapon.

No scoping is generally viewed as an act of skill (or luck, depending on who you talk to and the mechanics of the game you're playing). This is because you are killing someone with one shot through a (usually) large crosshair and also risk exposing yourself if you miss. However, the amount of prestige that is attached to a single no scope depends on the distance and rate of success; i.e. if you no scope once and do this by killing a guy who you are literally next to, that doesn't take much skill, but if you continually no scope guys who are halfway across the map, that's some seriously good shit on your behalf. On a related note, no scope headshots get you some serious prestige if you can pull them off constantly.
Example (in COD5):

Player 1: Damn, I just no scoped some guy on
no scope by LPB-2009 March 28, 2009
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no scope 

The act of not scoping to kill an opponent.
Commonly used in Halo with a sniper but not limited to.

No scoping is NOT applicable to weapons where scoping is not required. ex. ak47, m4a1, battle rifle, SMG, etc.
Blue guy 1: No scope headshot!
Blue guy 2: Nice!
Dead guy: I just got owned..
no scope by JcThPS January 10, 2007

no scope 

verb: To snipe in Halo without using the scope.
I no scoped that newb.
no scope by Shmitty June 27, 2005

No Scope 

A condensed clusterfuck fully directed into someones brain.
I just no scoped three red guys, noobs.
No Scope by OMGdst December 2, 2009

No Scope 

Killing someone without zooming in. Only works for Bolt-Action sniper ex. Cocking it every shot. Different from quick scope. No scopes are more luck then skill
I'm randomly shotting a sniper and got a no scope on someone
No Scope by KidCache1 June 10, 2010

No Scope 

The male act of urinating without the assistance of the individuals hands
Guy 1: Just took a piss without any hands.
Guy 2: Nothing like a No Scope to wake you up in the morning.
No Scope by BoiBoi747 April 5, 2019

no scope 

to shoot and kill an opponent in halo 2 with the sniper rifle without scoping, (usually close distance and lucky or skillful gh the xbox live headsetbut you can never tell unless you hear "omg, NO SCOPE" blasting through the xbox live headset).
gamer1, "no scope"
gamer2, "nice"
gamer3(opposite team) "teabag me and die you jammy noob"
no scope by me34 June 28, 2007