snippet
UK/ˈsnɪpɪt//ˈsnɪpɪt/
snippet noun: a small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
Noun
snippet (plural snippets)
- 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 […]1902, Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester
- 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
snippet (third-person singular simple present snippets, present participle snippeting or (rare, nonstandard) snippetting, simple past and past participle snippeted or (rare, nonstandard) snippetted)
snippet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
snippet in Hindi
- स्निपेट
snippet in Tamil
- துணுக்கு
snippet in Marathi
- स्निपेट
snippet in Urdu
- چھلن, چھوٹی سی چیز, دھجی, کترن
More languagesFewer languages
- snippet in Bengali
- ক্ষুদ্র অংশ, টুকরো, উদ্ধৃতি
- snippet in Telugu
- స్నిప్పెట్, స్నిప్పెట్ చేయడానికి
- snippet in Malayalam
- മുറിച്ചെടുത്ത ചെറുകഷണം, വിജ്ഞാനശകലശേഖരം, വാർത്താശകലം, ചെറുഖണ്ഡം
- snippet in Kannada
- ಸ್ನಿಪ್ಪೆಟ್
- snippet in Gujarati
- સ્નિપેટ કરવા માટે
- snippet in Odia
- ସ୍ନିପେଟ୍, ସ୍ନିପେଟ
- snippet in Nepali
- स्निपेट, स्नीपेट, स्निपेट गर्न
Examples of snippet in a sentence
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms of snippet
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Forms of snippet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snippets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | snippets |
| present participle | snippeting |
| past participle | snippeted |
| past | snippeted |
| present participle (nonstandard, rare) | snippetting |
| past participle (nonstandard, rare) | snippetted |
| past (nonstandard, rare) | snippetted |
Origin of snippet
From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
Words formed from snippet
- DNA snippet
- in-snippet
- snippet journalism
- snippety
Words that rhyme with snippet
Questions about snippet
- What does snippet mean?
- Snippet means a small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
- What is snippet in Hindi?
- Snippet in Hindi is स्निपेट. See Snippet meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use snippet in a sentence?
- This resulted in a sustained speed of 50 m.p.h. up Sole Street bank and several snippets in the "eighties".
- What part of speech is snippet?
- Snippet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce snippet?
- Snippet is pronounced /ˈsnɪpɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of snippet?
- The plural of snippet is snippets.
Words near snippet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snippet (page history and authors); snippet (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snippet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snippet (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snippet (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); snippet (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snippet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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