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

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Rhymes with SNIPPET

pipit, sippet, tippet, whippet