Synonyms: piece, scrap, fragment, part More Synonyms of snippet
snippet in British English
(ˈsnɪpɪt)
noun
a small scrap or fragment
Derived forms
snippetiness (ˈsnippetiness)
noun
snippety (ˈsnippety)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from snip + -et
snippet in American English
(ˈsnɪpɪt)
noun
a small piece, scrap, or portion, specif. of information, of a book, etc.
Word origin
dim. of snip
Examples of 'snippet' in a sentence
snippet
Why has this miserable little snippet survived but so much been lost?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One small snippet to keep you going.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Most fans of the modern game have only seen snippets of the team in the disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We get snippets of information about these organisations and they worry us.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are enticing snippets of information about the history of the archaeological digs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The press made full use of any snippet of information which came their way.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The same is true of the snippets of information we can gain from the extant records of his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Keep your eyes and ears open as the merest snippet of information could be used to your advantage soon.
The Sun (2015)
You've only seen a snippet of the awfulness to come.
The Sun (2013)
Instead, he would give us all different snippets of information.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
TWITTER is like being at a noisy party and hearing snippets of conversations around you.
The Sun (2010)
On the walls was a chaotic mix of quotations, each a snippet of a conversation between two men.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This pleasing snippet of information appears on the website; one of the reasons why a visit takes you out of yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You can bet your bottom dollar that some of this is town hall staff on fishing expeditions to see what snippets they can discover about their neighbours.
The Sun (2009)
I'd hear snippets of tense conversation between my father and her.
Christianity Today (2000)
He is terrified, unnecessarily so, that any snippet of information could be turned into an advantagefor opponents.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Episodes give a small but detailed snippet into an individual's secret life, and the strange combination of anonymity and exposure makes for gripping listening.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
snippet
British English: snippet NOUN
A snippet of something is a small piece of it.
...snippets of popular classical music.
American English: snippet
Brazilian Portuguese: fragmento
Chinese: 片段
European Spanish: retazo
French: bribes
German: Fetzen
Italian: frammento
Japanese: 断片
Korean: 일부분
European Portuguese: fragmento
Latin American Spanish: retazo
(noun)
Definition
a small scrap or fragment
I read a snippet she had cut from a magazine.
Synonyms
piece
a piece of wood
Another piece of cake?
scrap
a fire fuelled by scraps of wood
fragment
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.
part
A large part of his earnings went on repaying the bank loan.
particle
Particles of food can get stuck between the teeth.
snatch
I heard snatches of the conversation.
shred
Cut the cabbage into fine long shreds.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of fragment
Definition
an incomplete piece
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.
Synonyms
piece,
part,
bit,
scrap,
particle,
portion,
fraction,
shiver (archaic, literary),
shred,
remnant,
speck,
sliver,
wisp,
morsel,
oddment,
chip
in the sense of part
Definition
a piece or portion
A large part of his earnings went on repaying the bank loan.
Synonyms
piece,
share,
proportion,
percentage,
lot,
bit,
section,
sector,
slice,
scrap,
particle,
segment,
portion,
fragment,
lump,
fraction,
chunk,
wedge
in the sense of particle
Definition
an extremely small piece or amount
Particles of food can get stuck between the teeth.