Logo
Search icon

snippet

/ˈsnɪpɪt/

noun

Meaning

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

    "From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good."

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

Synonyms

excerpt

verb

Meaning

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

    "We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page."

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

Synonyms

excerpt