Snippeting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Act of snippeting, excerpting. uncountable

    "Yet the information obtained is immense, and will, we suspect, when published in a readable form,— for snippeting spoils Mr. Senior's work,— have an important influence over public opinion."

  2. 2
    Sound of snipping, as in scissors. uncountable

    "There was a snippeting of scissors, and snappeting of thread …"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snippet form-of, gerund, participle, present

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excerptingexcerpting

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"Yet the information obtained is immense, and will, we suspect, when published in a readable form,— for snippeting spoils Mr. Senior's work,— have an important influence over public opinion."

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