Definition of "snippet"

snippet

/ˈsnɪpɪt/

noun
plural snippets
1. A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  Quotations
  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:
  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, page 216
  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
2. (computing) 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
third-person singular simple present snippets, present participle snippeting or (nonstandard) snippetting, simple past and past participle snippeted or (nonstandard) snippetted
1. (transitive, often computing) To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
2. To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.
  Quotations
  All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]
  1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester:

Definition of "snippet"

snippet

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