Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
2. (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.
3. (transitive, often computing) To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
4. To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.

Example Sentences

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 […]

On another occasion a "Schools" class, No. 30911 Dover, with a load of eight bogies on the same train was badly delayed by signals all the way, but made very determined attempts to pick up time whenever possible. This resulted in a sustained speed of 50 m.p.h. up Sole Street bank and several snippets in the "eighties".

Miss Honey smiled. It was extraordinary, she told herself, how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems, and with such authority, too.

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

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

Word Forms

• snippets
• snippeting
• snippetting
• snippeted
• snippetted

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When Should You Use Snippet?

Use snippet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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