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snippet
- /ˈsnɪpɪt/ UK
- /ˈsnɪpɪt/ US
- [ˈsnɪpɪ̈(ʔ)t̚] US
Rhymes with -ɪpɪt
Where it comes from
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
noun snippets
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A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.
Similar: excerpt, cutting, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, flake, fleak, fragment
- 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 snippets · snippeting · snippetting · snippeted · snippetted
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To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.
Similar: excerpt
- To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors. All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: snipping, snip, excerpt, piece, chunk, portion, wireframe, extract, passage, fragment, shred, stub, bit, fragments, snippock, sample
Translations
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noun tiny piece or part
| Español | pedazo, retazo, trozo, fragmento, recorte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 끄트러기 kkeuteureogi, 조각 jogak, 단편 danpyeon |
| 中文 | 片段 piànduàn |
| Português | pedacinho, fragmento |
| Français | fragment |
| Deutsch | Stück, Teil, Schnipsel |
| Ελληνικά | απόσπασμα apóspasma |
| Русский | кусо́к kusók, лоску́т loskút, обло́мок oblómok, оско́лок oskólok, фрагме́нт fragmént, обре́зок obrézok |
noun text file containing a relatively small amount of code
| Español | snippet (snípet) |
|---|---|
| Français | snippet, entrefilet |
| Deutsch | Schnipsel |
| Ελληνικά | απόσπασμα κώδικα apóspasma kódika |
| Русский | кусо́к kusók, фрагме́нт fragmént, часть častʹ, сниппет snippet |
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title = {snippet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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