snippet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsnɪpɪt/ (UK)
- [ˈsnɪpɪ̈(ʔ)t̚] (US)
- /ˈsnɪpɪt/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
Meanings
-
A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
He cut his coats without waste; according to his embroidered cloth, they were very small ends and snippets that lay about upon the table […]
1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester::Miss Honey smiled. It was extraordinary, she told herself, how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems, and with such authority, too.
1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda:On another occasion a "Schools" class, No. 30911 Dover, with a load of eight bogies on the same train was badly delayed by signals all the way, but made very determined attempts to pick up time whenever possible. This resulted in a sustained speed of 50 m.p.h. up Sole Street bank and several snippets in the "eighties".
1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 216: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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snippets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
snippet journalism · snippety · in-snippet · DNA snippet
Synonyms
chip · tranche · snippet · piecemeal · lump · crumb · hunk · slice · mammock · scraplet · clip · chunk · cutting · scrap · ort · bit · excerpt · cutting · snead · crumbling · fleak · fragment · steck · portion · flake · piece
Translations (49)
es snippet (snípet) (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ru оско́лок (tiny piece or part) · grc ἀπόσπασμα (tiny piece or part) · ru часть (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ru сниппет (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · de Schnipsel (tiny piece or part) · el απόσπασμα (tiny piece or part) · ru фрагме́нт (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ru кусо́к (tiny piece or part) · ru часть (tiny piece or part) · pl fragmencik (tiny piece or part) · fr snippet (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ru обре́зок (tiny piece or part) · el απόσπασμα κώδικα (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · bg отрязък (tiny piece or part) · ca fragment (tiny piece or part) · pt fragmento (tiny piece or part) · ru фрагме́нт (tiny piece or part) · pt pedacinho (tiny piece or part) · es retazo (tiny piece or part) · fr fragment (tiny piece or part) · mi pitopito (tiny piece or part) · nl fragment (tiny piece or part) · cs útržek (tiny piece or part) · fr entrefilet (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ru обло́мок (tiny piece or part) · de Schnipsel (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · cmn 片段 (tiny piece or part) · ko 단편 (tiny piece or part) · es recorte (tiny piece or part) · ca entrefilet (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · es trozo (tiny piece or part) · es pedazo (tiny piece or part) · de Teil (tiny piece or part) · es fragmento (tiny piece or part) · ru клочо́к (tiny piece or part) · de Stück (tiny piece or part) · pl odrobina (tiny piece or part) · ru лоску́т (tiny piece or part) · pl strzęp (tiny piece or part) · no snutt (tiny piece or part) · izh pätkä (tiny piece or part) · ko 조각 (tiny piece or part) · pl urywek (tiny piece or part) · pl skrawek (tiny piece or part) · ru кусо́к (text file containing a relatively small amount of code) · ko 끄트러기 (tiny piece or part) · fi pätkä (tiny piece or part) · pl snippet (text file containing a relatively small amount of code)