snippet
/ˈsnɪpɪt/ noun, verb
Forms snippets snippeting snippetting snippeted snippetted
- noun A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample. “From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.”
- noun (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.
- verb (transitive, often computing) To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt. “We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.”
- verb To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
Synonyms
excerpt cutting bit chip chunk tranche clip crumb crumbling flake fleak fragment hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap snip snipping
Etymology
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “snippet”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details