snippet

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A small part of something, such as a song or fabric

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

   • From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.
   • He cut his coats without waste; according to his embroidered cloth, they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table […]
2. 2

   A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with…

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

3. 3

   To produce a snippet (small part) of

   To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.

   • We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.
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   1. 4

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

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

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