snippet
noun
- small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample
- text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪpɪt/ / [ˈsnɪpɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
noun
Etymology: From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
- 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 […]”
- 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
Etymology: From snip + -et. Compare snippock.
- 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.
“All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]”