snippet

snip·pet

noun \ˈsni-pət\

Definition of SNIPPET

: a small part, piece, or thing; especially : a brief quotable passage

Examples of SNIPPET

1. snippets from the author's newest novel
2. <read them a snippet of his latest poem>

Origin of SNIPPET

¹snip

First Known Use: 1664

Related to SNIPPET

Synonyms

atom, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snip, bit, speck, tittle

Related Words

ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet [chiefly Scottish], halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning [chiefly Scottish], lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit; bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit); fragment, part, portion, section; chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter; clipping, paring, shaving; smithereens

Near Antonyms

chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab; abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

Rhymes with SNIPPET

pipit, sippet, tippet, whippet