snippet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.

   From the snippet I heard of their rehearsal, they sound pretty good.

2. 2
   verb

   To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.

   We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page.

3. 3
   verb

   To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.

   All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]

4. 4
   noun

   a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

5. 5
   noun

   A text file containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a larger codebase.

Etymology

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.