snippet

Meanings

Plural: snippets

Noun

• a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
• A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
• 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

• To produce a snippet (small part) of; to excerpt.
• To make small cuts, to snip, particularly with scissors.

Synonyms

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