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snippet

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈsnɪpɪt/
  • US: /ˈsnɪpɪt/
  • US: [ˈsnɪpɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪpɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: S N IH1 P AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: excerpt, cutting, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, flake, fleak, fragment, hunk, lump, mammock, ort, piece, piecemeal, portion, scrap, scraplet, slice, snead, snippet, steck

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often, transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snip, snipping

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: piece

History

Etymology

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отрязък (otrjazǎk) — tiny piece or part
  • Catalan: fragment — tiny piece or part
  • Chinese Mandarin: 片段 (piànduàn) — tiny piece or part
  • Czech: útržek — tiny piece or part
  • Dutch: fragment — tiny piece or part
  • Finnish: pätkä — tiny piece or part
  • French: fragment — tiny piece or part
  • German: Stück — tiny piece or part
  • German: Teil — tiny piece or part
  • German: Schnipsel — tiny piece or part
  • Greek: απόσπασμα (apóspasma) — tiny piece or part
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπόσπασμα (apóspasma) — tiny piece or part
  • Ingrian: pätkä — tiny piece or part
  • Korean: 끄트러기 (kkeuteureogi) — tiny piece or part
  • Korean: 조각 (jogak) — tiny piece or part
  • Korean: 단편 (danpyeon) — tiny piece or part
  • Māori: pitopito — tiny piece or part
  • Norwegian: snutt — tiny piece or part
  • Polish: skrawek — tiny piece or part
  • Polish: strzęp — tiny piece or part
  • Polish: fragmencik — tiny piece or part
  • Polish: urywek — tiny piece or part
  • Polish: odrobina — tiny piece or part
  • Portuguese: pedacinho — tiny piece or part
  • Portuguese: fragmento — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: кусо́к (kusók) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: лоску́т (loskút) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: обло́мок (oblómok) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: оско́лок (oskólok) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: фрагме́нт (fragmént) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: обре́зок (obrézok) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: часть (častʹ) — tiny piece or part
  • Russian: клочо́к (kločók) — tiny piece or part
  • Spanish: pedazo — tiny piece or part
  • Spanish: retazo — tiny piece or part
  • Spanish: trozo — tiny piece or part
  • Spanish: fragmento — tiny piece or part
  • Spanish: recorte — tiny piece or part
  • Catalan: entrefilet — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • French: snippet — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • French: entrefilet — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • German: Schnipsel — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Greek: απόσπασμα κώδικα (apóspasma kódika) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Polish: snippet — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Russian: кусо́к (kusók) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Russian: фрагме́нт (fragmént) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Russian: часть (častʹ) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Russian: сниппет (snippet) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
  • Spanish: snippet (snípet) — text file containing a relatively small amount of code
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