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 orpart - noun computing a
textfile containing a relatively small amount of code, useless by itself, along with instructions for inserting that code into a largercodebase
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
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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If this 'snippet' is an indicator of the rest of the interview who would want to watch the "Palin Lies" reruns?
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Here's a snippet from a review by Leontine of Realms on Our Bookshelves.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2010
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Here's a snippet from a recent review by BookThingo:
Archive 2009-07-01 Nalini Singh 2009
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Here's a snippet from a recent review by BookThingo:
Countdown to Branded By Fire: 4 Days to Go! Nalini Singh 2009
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However, if you check out my message boards, I did post a little snippet from the beginning of the book.
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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