Snippet

Quick meaning: Snippet is a noun meaning A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

Meaning

A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, often computing) To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
2. To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
3. (computing) A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.

Example Sentences

We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.

All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]

From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.

He cut his coats without waste; according to his embroidered cloth, they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table […]

Word Forms

• snippets
• snippeting
• snippetting
• snippeted
• snippetted

Synonyms for snippet

Depending on context, synonyms include excerpt, cutting, bit, chip, chunk, clip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snipping, snip, excerpt, piece, chunk, portion.

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