Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Stück, Teil, Schnipsel

    кусо́кkusók, лоску́тloskút, обло́мокoblómok

  2. A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.

    Schnipsel

    кусо́кkusók, фрагме́нтfragmént, частьčastʹ

More definitions
  • a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I collect snippets of information from a variety of sources.

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

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  3. What we know of the game's lore is assembled from numerous fragmentary snippets of text found in item descriptions, dialog, and cutscenes.

  4. And miraculously, he lifted his own violin and started playing, by ear, certain snippets of violin concertos.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
tiny piece or part:
text file containing a relatively small amount of code:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tiny piece or part:

Origin

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

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Forms

plural: snippets
Singularsnippet
Pluralsnippets

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off):snipsnipping

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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