Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snippet

/ˈsnɪpɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: snip-pet
IPA: /ˈsnɪpɪt/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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.

verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

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

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"On another occasion a "Schools" class, No. 30911 Dover, with a load of eight bogies on the same train was badly delayed by signals all the way, but made very determined attempts to pick up time whenever possible. This resulted in a sustained speed of 50 m.p.h. up Sole Street bank and several snippets in the "eighties"."
"Miss Honey smiled. It was extraordinary, she told herself, how this little snippet of a girl seemed suddenly to be taking charge of her problems, and with such authority, too."
"We snippeted the blog posts for display on the home page."
"All day long while the light lasted he sewed and snippetted […]"

Etymology

From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: snip

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsnɪpɪt/
British English: /ˈsnɪpɪt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

snippets (plural) snippets (present, singular) snippeting (participle, present) snippetting (nonstandard, participle) snippeted (participle, past) snippeted (past) snippetted (nonstandard, participle) snippetted (nonstandard, past)

Derived Forms

snippety

Phrases

DNA snippet in-snippet snippet journalism

Synonyms

excerpt cutting bit chip chunk tranche clip crumb crumbling flake fleak fragment

Rhymes With

tippet whippet pipit sippet skippet

Questions

How do you pronounce snippet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsnɪpɪt/.
What does snippet mean?: A small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
Where does snippet come from?: From snip + -et. Compare snippock.

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