SNIPPET Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

snippet

noun

ˈsni-pət

Definition of snippet

as in bit

a very small piece read them a snippet of his latest poem

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Recent Examples of snippet In one snippet obtained by TMZ Giudice told police that Milania had fentanyl in her system from a previous incident, followed closely by Milania’s voice saying she’d been laced. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Madonna had teased the remix in recent days, sharing a snippet of the song on Instagram. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2026 These responses, thepublisher has said, go far beyond the snippets of texts typically shown with ordinary search results. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 MFlusiva uses a small snippet of genetic code to train the body to recognize and fight the flu virus. — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snippet

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Noun

This whole bit is totally misplayed (though the gown is spectacular).

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Yet beneath that paper-like surface is a surprisingly simple bit of physics.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of bit

Noun

The period is 2006, when the golden age of streamable content is barely a speck on the media horizon.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
To make matters worse, the Houthis have captured new terrain in Yemen and acquired Perim Island, a speck of land inside the Bab el-Mandeb chokepoint that better positions the Yemeni militia to intercept oil tankers.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of speck

Noun

Neutrinos bump into other particles only rarely, so scientists build large detectors to improve their odds of catching collisions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Detecting cosmic ghosts Neutrinos are the second-most prevalent particles in the entire universe besides photons, particles of light.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of particle

Noun

Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
But his script, co-written with regular collaborator Jack Coulter, is less impressive, welding together story scraps from other, better films to rather turbid, uninvolving effect.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of scrap

Noun

All four embrace their Crew-13 designation that pays homage in their mission patch to Apollo 13.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
The first line of defense against this has been urgent security patches to fix those software flaws that had not been exploited in the pre-AI world.

— Ali El Kaafarani, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of patch

Noun

As few as 10 cells, hidden in an infinitesimal fleck of feces, can contaminate raw milk and trigger a fatal infection.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of fleck

Noun

But cases are on the rise as more people report symptoms such as hives, diarrhea and itchiness after eating as little as a mouthful of red meat.

— Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Across the cove, less than a hundred yards away, another beaver swam to its lodge, also with a mouthful of sticks.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of mouthful

Noun

There’s yet to be a shred of evidence that Belichick can build and guide North Carolina’s roster into the kind of behemoth that can go on the road in the ACC, play poorly and win by double digits while barely being threatened with a loss.

— David Ubben, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Without a shred of evidence, Cloud casually weaponized domestic violence allegations against a fan who was simply cheering for his home team.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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