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snippet - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A bit, scrap, or morsel.
noun Informal A small or mischievous person.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A small part or share; a small piece snipped off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A small part or piece.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun a tiny piece or part
noun computing a textfile containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From snip + -et . Compare snippock .
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Examples
Unfortunately, the effect of this snippet is almost ruined by the insipid reporter chick, who should just shut the hell up, stop being patronizing and let the geek dudes talk.
Epic Scale Naval Combat « Third Point of Singularity 2010
Unfortunately, the effect of this snippet is almost ruined by the insipid reporter chick, who should just shut the hell up, stop being patronizing and let the geek dudes talk.
2010 January « Third Point of Singularity 2010
Unfortunately, the effect of this snippet is almost ruined by the insipid reporter chick, who should just shut the hell up, stop being patronizing and let the geek dudes talk.
2010 January 18 « Third Point of Singularity 2010
This snippet is then followed by a long, godforesaken comment thread that includes responses to awful, racist rants by some Georgian named "Linda".
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
If this 'snippet ' is an indicator of the rest of the interview who would want to watch the "Palin Lies" reruns?
Palin: We're 'not really into the drama' 2009
Here's a snippet from a review by Leontine of Realms on Our Bookshelves.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010
Here's a snippet from a recent review by BookThingo:
Archive 2009-07-01 Nalini Singh 2009
Here's a snippet from a recent review by BookThingo:
Countdown to Branded By Fire: 4 Days to Go! Nalini Singh 2009
However, if you check out my message boards, I did post a little snippet from the beginning of the book.
Spotlight On Cindy Gerard 2010
Here's a snippet from a review by Leontine of Realms on Our Bookshelves.
Archive 2010-07-01 Nalini Singh 2010
tendrel commented on the word snippet
I use this word a lot at work...
April 3, 2007
reesetee commented on the word snippet
Sadly, this word has been completely ruined for me by a person with whom I've been forced to work remotely....
April 3, 2007