Snippet

//ˈsnɪpɪt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

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

  2. 2
    a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) wordnet
  3. 3
    A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.
Verb
  1. 1
    To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt. often, transitive

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

  2. 2
    To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
snipbantambantybitbitbutt

Example

More examples

"She gave me a snippet of information which is top secret."

Etymology

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

Related phrases

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